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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... tion adopted at Durham - ribbed vaults , repeated at Caen about a quarter of a century later - was not embraced in England , and English master builders continued to build large basilican churches roofed with timber . Anglo - Norman ...
... tion adopted at Durham - ribbed vaults , repeated at Caen about a quarter of a century later - was not embraced in England , and English master builders continued to build large basilican churches roofed with timber . Anglo - Norman ...
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... tion of this design had a drastic effect on the overall organization of English churches . Breaking the con- tinuous wall changed the rhythm of the naves of Eng- lish cathedrals , but since the English did not abandon the use of strong ...
... tion of this design had a drastic effect on the overall organization of English churches . Breaking the con- tinuous wall changed the rhythm of the naves of Eng- lish cathedrals , but since the English did not abandon the use of strong ...
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... tion of the postrevolutionary period , and architects were making out ways to create new works that would respond to the models of life proposed by postrevo- lutionary socialism . At that time , the architects were united in two main ...
... tion of the postrevolutionary period , and architects were making out ways to create new works that would respond to the models of life proposed by postrevo- lutionary socialism . At that time , the architects were united in two main ...
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