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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... mannerist taste . A Serlian- motif façade adorned with relief statues leads to three internal rooms , covered in false rocky concretions , stalactites , shells , stuccowork , and frescoes , with a beautiful fountain by Giambologna . By ...
... mannerist taste . A Serlian- motif façade adorned with relief statues leads to three internal rooms , covered in false rocky concretions , stalactites , shells , stuccowork , and frescoes , with a beautiful fountain by Giambologna . By ...
Page 162
... mannerist models . Casually adopting mannerist elements , such as the giant order on rigid symmetrical layouts , and matching Bramatesque por- ticoes to steeply pitched roofs , French architecture arrived at a synthesis that led to a ...
... mannerist models . Casually adopting mannerist elements , such as the giant order on rigid symmetrical layouts , and matching Bramatesque por- ticoes to steeply pitched roofs , French architecture arrived at a synthesis that led to a ...
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... mannerist elements seems coincidental . Only with the arrival on the scene of Rosso Fiorentino and Primaticcio was ... mannerism . The first phase of the ' Fontainebleau school ' was really a period of Italian history transplanted to ...
... mannerist elements seems coincidental . Only with the arrival on the scene of Rosso Fiorentino and Primaticcio was ... mannerism . The first phase of the ' Fontainebleau school ' was really a period of Italian history transplanted to ...
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