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 36
... important alterations : the adoption of the chevet ( apse , ambulatory , and radiating chapels ) ; the blind nave , which gives greater importance to the gallery as a secondary means of moving crowds through the church ; the trans ...
... important alterations : the adoption of the chevet ( apse , ambulatory , and radiating chapels ) ; the blind nave , which gives greater importance to the gallery as a secondary means of moving crowds through the church ; the trans ...
Page 110
... importance of cities turned the more important urban centres into political centres of great power . Between imperial assemblies , church councils , and guild meetings , cities came to assume administrative roles while also serving ...
... importance of cities turned the more important urban centres into political centres of great power . Between imperial assemblies , church councils , and guild meetings , cities came to assume administrative roles while also serving ...
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... important exponents of constructivism . Between 1925 and 1932 he was a member of SASS ( Section of Architects in Socialist Construction ) , paying special attention to Western rationalism . By the 1930s he had returned to a more ...
... important exponents of constructivism . Between 1925 and 1932 he was a member of SASS ( Section of Architects in Socialist Construction ) , paying special attention to Western rationalism . By the 1930s he had returned to a more ...
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