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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Page 73
... façade , ' the surface of which is divided into three different levels . The area of the entry portals is moved forward by means of a deep portico , thus pushing back the level of the towers and giving the façade a sense of autonomous ...
... façade , ' the surface of which is divided into three different levels . The area of the entry portals is moved forward by means of a deep portico , thus pushing back the level of the towers and giving the façade a sense of autonomous ...
Page 79
... façade , while the lower area of the façade with the portals is connected to the height of the triforium by way of two superimposed galleries - an ambulatory and the kings ' gallery - that further emphasize the close relationship ...
... façade , while the lower area of the façade with the portals is connected to the height of the triforium by way of two superimposed galleries - an ambulatory and the kings ' gallery - that further emphasize the close relationship ...
Page 84
... façade of Rouen Cathedral , datable to 1370 - with patterns of double curving , undulating lines that imi- tate ... façades , on which it released with exu- berant freedom curving and twisting lines , swirling curvilinear and pointed ...
... façade of Rouen Cathedral , datable to 1370 - with patterns of double curving , undulating lines that imi- tate ... façades , on which it released with exu- berant freedom curving and twisting lines , swirling curvilinear and pointed ...
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