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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... result can be said to have failed . bareness of the surfaces and the volumes . The series of arcades set upon columns is clearly reminiscent of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas . The arrangement of the presbytery , composed of ...
... result can be said to have failed . bareness of the surfaces and the volumes . The series of arcades set upon columns is clearly reminiscent of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas . The arrangement of the presbytery , composed of ...
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... result obtained through the introduction of these curves characterized much of English late Gothic . Opposite ... resulting surface , with the light that filters through the enormous windows , makes the limits of the space indefinite ...
... result obtained through the introduction of these curves characterized much of English late Gothic . Opposite ... resulting surface , with the light that filters through the enormous windows , makes the limits of the space indefinite ...
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... results , employing a system of double , interweaving arches of Islamic derivation . The highly particular appearance of this Majorcan castle , a result of the use of elements drawn from different cultural models , thus reflects the ...
... results , employing a system of double , interweaving arches of Islamic derivation . The highly particular appearance of this Majorcan castle , a result of the use of elements drawn from different cultural models , thus reflects the ...
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