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... early years after the foundation of Rome there was no building activity in the valley of the Forum apart from a few archaic tombs , on account of the site's susceptibility to flood- ing . But as the population and the importance of the ...
... early years after the foundation of Rome there was no building activity in the valley of the Forum apart from a few archaic tombs , on account of the site's susceptibility to flood- ing . But as the population and the importance of the ...
Page 56
... early years . The Baroque is most notably represented by an unri- valled collection of works by Michelangelo Merisi , called Cara- vaggio . They include the Boy with a Basket of Fruit , the Bacchus , the David , and the Madonna and ...
... early years . The Baroque is most notably represented by an unri- valled collection of works by Michelangelo Merisi , called Cara- vaggio . They include the Boy with a Basket of Fruit , the Bacchus , the David , and the Madonna and ...
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... Early Chris- tian interior , then in a state of collapse , and created a harmon- ious and cool Baroque effect that successfully incorporated the ornate 16th - century roof . The niches on either side of the fine central space of the ...
... Early Chris- tian interior , then in a state of collapse , and created a harmon- ious and cool Baroque effect that successfully incorporated the ornate 16th - century roof . The niches on either side of the fine central space of the ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall