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... decorative ways . The walls of the hut urns frequently rest on a plinth and can be straight or sloping , upwards or ( more rarely ) downwards . A human figure outside above the door also occurs . Doors with more or less decorative door ...
... decorative ways . The walls of the hut urns frequently rest on a plinth and can be straight or sloping , upwards or ( more rarely ) downwards . A human figure outside above the door also occurs . Doors with more or less decorative door ...
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... decorative style in real architecture that has not survived elsewhere in more tangible form ? It is not easy to generalize ; there is a natural tendency in such cases for painters to mannerize and to exaggerate , nor it is always the ...
... decorative style in real architecture that has not survived elsewhere in more tangible form ? It is not easy to generalize ; there is a natural tendency in such cases for painters to mannerize and to exaggerate , nor it is always the ...
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... Decorative motif of rectangular blocks in the bed - mould of a cornice , or occupying the place of a frieze ; derivative from the ends of the joists carrying a flat roof . See Plate 124 . diaeta ( -ae ) . Living - room . distyle ...
... Decorative motif of rectangular blocks in the bed - mould of a cornice , or occupying the place of a frieze ; derivative from the ends of the joists carrying a flat roof . See Plate 124 . diaeta ( -ae ) . Living - room . distyle ...
Contents
THE STONE AND BRONZE AGES | 5 |
THE EARLY IRON | 16 |
ETRUSCAN ARCHITECTURE | 25 |
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Alba Fucens already amphitheatre Andrén apse arches Architectural Terracottas Asia Minor atrium Augustan Augustus Baalbek barrel-vaulted basilica bath-building Baths brick building built Campania capital Capitoline Capitolium cella central Italy centre Cerveteri classical columnar columns concrete contemporary courtyard Crema decorative Domus Doric Early Iron Age east entablature entrance Etruscan excavated exedrae façade facing feature feet Figure flanked Forum Romanum fourth century front Greek Hadrian hall hellenistic huts Imperial Age Iron Age Italy Late Republican later Latium Lepcis Magna Livy Lugli marble masonry material monumental opus Ostia palace Palatine pediment peristyle Piazza Plate Pliny podium Pompeii portico provinces rebuilt rectangular remains Roman architecture Rome roof San Giovenale sanctuary second century B.C. Severan side stone storeys structure style Syria tabernae terrace terracotta theatre third century Timgad Tomba tombs town tradition Trajan travertine tufa upper vaulted villa Vitruvius Vitruvius's walls Ward-Perkins