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Page 351
... Mosaic decoration was added internally ( p . 348B ) , and sometimes also externally on west façades ; though little regard was paid to external architectural effect ( p . 356G ) . The introduction of colour with the use of glass mosaics ...
... Mosaic decoration was added internally ( p . 348B ) , and sometimes also externally on west façades ; though little regard was paid to external architectural effect ( p . 356G ) . The introduction of colour with the use of glass mosaics ...
Page 354
... mosaic mural medallions of the Popes above . The arch of triumph with fifth - century mosaics , the double bema , the apse with mosaics of the thirteenth century , and the remarkable high altar with its double baldachino over the ...
... mosaic mural medallions of the Popes above . The arch of triumph with fifth - century mosaics , the double bema , the apse with mosaics of the thirteenth century , and the remarkable high altar with its double baldachino over the ...
Page 399
... mosaics arranged in strict iconographic order ; in the dome there is a rather awesome portrayal of Christ Pantokrator . Despite the pres- ence of mosaics the interior appears somewhat bare , as all those surfaces once covered with ...
... mosaics arranged in strict iconographic order ; in the dome there is a rather awesome portrayal of Christ Pantokrator . Despite the pres- ence of mosaics the interior appears somewhat bare , as all those surfaces once covered with ...
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Architecture in the Ancient Near East | 47 |
Architecture in India and Pakistan | 86 |
Architecture in Sri Lanka | 109 |
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