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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... ideas brought to Italy by the Cis- tercians , and others holding true to the Romanesque and classical traditions . As a result , there were but few signs of Gothic forms and techniques in Italy . The absence of a strong central ...
... ideas brought to Italy by the Cis- tercians , and others holding true to the Romanesque and classical traditions . As a result , there were but few signs of Gothic forms and techniques in Italy . The absence of a strong central ...
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... ideas from northern France by way of the pilgrimage routes leading over the Pyrenees . This contact did not lead to the adoption of the ribbed vault and was reflected instead in the iconographic pro- grammes involving sculptural cycles ...
... ideas from northern France by way of the pilgrimage routes leading over the Pyrenees . This contact did not lead to the adoption of the ribbed vault and was reflected instead in the iconographic pro- grammes involving sculptural cycles ...
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... ideas , such as the Vitruvian city , flowed together in the definition of an orderly and func- tional city , a reflection of harmonious community life . While nothing could have been farther from reality , the theoretical ideal proved ...
... ideas , such as the Vitruvian city , flowed together in the definition of an orderly and func- tional city , a reflection of harmonious community life . While nothing could have been farther from reality , the theoretical ideal proved ...
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