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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... church . As an architectural type , the pilgrimage church came into being to serve the increasingly numerous crowds of the faith- ful visiting certain churches , an aspect of the enormous growth in the veneration of relics , with the ...
... church . As an architectural type , the pilgrimage church came into being to serve the increasingly numerous crowds of the faith- ful visiting certain churches , an aspect of the enormous growth in the veneration of relics , with the ...
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... church interiors . The clear separation between living spaces and work areas guaranteed the isolation of the church and the cloister from the places of access of the profane world . Abbey church , Fontenay , 1139-47 Erected under the ...
... church interiors . The clear separation between living spaces and work areas guaranteed the isolation of the church and the cloister from the places of access of the profane world . Abbey church , Fontenay , 1139-47 Erected under the ...
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... church and the monastic areas flanked a square , used for preaching . The single - nave church was chosen as the best type to meet these require- ments since it combined simplicity , economy , rapid construction , and constructive ...
... church and the monastic areas flanked a square , used for preaching . The single - nave church was chosen as the best type to meet these require- ments since it combined simplicity , economy , rapid construction , and constructive ...
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