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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... nave and two aisles of more or less the same height covered by barrel vaults and illuminated with indirect lighting . Around the end of the 11th century the uninterrupted barrel vault gave way to divisions by way of transverse arches ...
... nave and two aisles of more or less the same height covered by barrel vaults and illuminated with indirect lighting . Around the end of the 11th century the uninterrupted barrel vault gave way to divisions by way of transverse arches ...
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... nave . Ajimez : architectural form created by two horseshoe arches paired at the sides of a cen- tral column . Alfiz : rectangular panel that frames an arch , usually horseshoe - shaped . Altar : in antiquity , a raised structure com ...
... nave . Ajimez : architectural form created by two horseshoe arches paired at the sides of a cen- tral column . Alfiz : rectangular panel that frames an arch , usually horseshoe - shaped . Altar : in antiquity , a raised structure com ...
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... nave . The narthex is an endonarthex if it occupies a part of the nave of the church ; an exonarthex if it is located on the exterior of the façade with an open portico . Nave : the longitudinal area of a church lead- ing from the ...
... nave . The narthex is an endonarthex if it occupies a part of the nave of the church ; an exonarthex if it is located on the exterior of the façade with an open portico . Nave : the longitudinal area of a church lead- ing from the ...
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