1000 Years of World Architecture: An Illustrated GuideThis volume is a guide to the main characteristics, movements and regional variants of a millennium of Western architecture, from the early Romanesque to the most recent contemporary trends. |
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... barrel vaults and often the hall layout . The hall church was the dominant typology , but alongside it another ... barrel vault or dome . St Philibert , Tournus , 1008-1120 The longitudinal body of the church of St Philibert is one of ...
... barrel vaults and often the hall layout . The hall church was the dominant typology , but alongside it another ... barrel vault or dome . St Philibert , Tournus , 1008-1120 The longitudinal body of the church of St Philibert is one of ...
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... barrel vaults of the Tour- nus type , make clear the maturation of the local lan- guage and the progressive clarification of the propor- tions . The pointed barrel vault was divided into bays , and the windows , formerly opened within the ...
... barrel vaults of the Tour- nus type , make clear the maturation of the local lan- guage and the progressive clarification of the propor- tions . The pointed barrel vault was divided into bays , and the windows , formerly opened within the ...
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... vaults and illuminated with indirect lighting . Around the end of the 11th century the uninterrupted barrel vault ... barrel vaults , with effects of strong spatial division , was still quite widespread in the 12th century , but there ...
... vaults and illuminated with indirect lighting . Around the end of the 11th century the uninterrupted barrel vault ... barrel vaults , with effects of strong spatial division , was still quite widespread in the 12th century , but there ...
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