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 34
... longitudinal body with a nave and two aisles divided by arcades with alternating supports , with a gallery , wide transept - double and projecting - and a triple choir . Its chronological history illustrates the basic steps in the ...
... longitudinal body with a nave and two aisles divided by arcades with alternating supports , with a gallery , wide transept - double and projecting - and a triple choir . Its chronological history illustrates the basic steps in the ...
Page 88
... longitudinal sections superimposed for the entire length of the nave without any vertical attach- ment , prefiguring the tendency to horizontality that was to be typical of England's Early Gothic style . After the loss of Anjou to ...
... longitudinal sections superimposed for the entire length of the nave without any vertical attach- ment , prefiguring the tendency to horizontality that was to be typical of England's Early Gothic style . After the loss of Anjou to ...
Page 182
... longitudinal layout to it , and this was continued after Raphael's death ( 1520 ) by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger . The forced application of the longitudinal extension to the central - plan layout reveals how even at this date the ...
... longitudinal layout to it , and this was continued after Raphael's death ( 1520 ) by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger . The forced application of the longitudinal extension to the central - plan layout reveals how even at this date the ...
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