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 138
... space and the central - plan layout . Each of these exper- iments marks a step along the route toward the cre- ation of a unitary space and the overcoming of the Flo- rentine concept of perspective . In S Satiro , the first instance of ...
... space and the central - plan layout . Each of these exper- iments marks a step along the route toward the cre- ation of a unitary space and the overcoming of the Flo- rentine concept of perspective . In S Satiro , the first instance of ...
Page 182
... space of the square and the vertical of Michelangelo's dome , while the planned third arm , which was to close off the space like a theatrical curtain , was never made . The opening of Via della Conciliazione in 1936-50 has irremediably ...
... space of the square and the vertical of Michelangelo's dome , while the planned third arm , which was to close off the space like a theatrical curtain , was never made . The opening of Via della Conciliazione in 1936-50 has irremediably ...
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... space of Turin ; the creations he made outside the city are an affirmation of open space . The difference between the two reveals Juvarra's great flexibility and the wealth of his architec- tural language . Ranging from the Renaissance ...
... space of Turin ; the creations he made outside the city are an affirmation of open space . The difference between the two reveals Juvarra's great flexibility and the wealth of his architec- tural language . Ranging from the Renaissance ...
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