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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... basilica to serve the needs of their more intimate religion , creating a structure based on the measure of the human believer . This transformation meant changes in the over- all arrangement of the church's elements , based on the ...
... basilica to serve the needs of their more intimate religion , creating a structure based on the measure of the human believer . This transformation meant changes in the over- all arrangement of the church's elements , based on the ...
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... basilica of St Peter's , Vatican , 1624 In working out the arrangement of the area of the main altar , Bernini blended the idea of the original arrangement with the idea of evoking the 12 - columned pergula that had stood at the end of ...
... basilica of St Peter's , Vatican , 1624 In working out the arrangement of the area of the main altar , Bernini blended the idea of the original arrangement with the idea of evoking the 12 - columned pergula that had stood at the end of ...
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... basilica by way of a smaller square created by the convergent wings that call attention to the classical structure designed by Maderno . The space is further defined by the obelisk , erected by Domenico Fontana for Pope Sixtus V , and ...
... basilica by way of a smaller square created by the convergent wings that call attention to the classical structure designed by Maderno . The space is further defined by the obelisk , erected by Domenico Fontana for Pope Sixtus V , and ...
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