Bernini is Dead?: Architecture and the Social Purpose |
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Page 116
... carried to the ridge without the intervention of collars . They served both to strengthen the trusses and to carry the out- ward thrust lower down on the wall , thus reducing the tendency to tip it over . A roof of this type can still ...
... carried to the ridge without the intervention of collars . They served both to strengthen the trusses and to carry the out- ward thrust lower down on the wall , thus reducing the tendency to tip it over . A roof of this type can still ...
Page 352
... carried around the sanctuary and radiat- ing chapels led off them . This was a very important idea . But the Carolingians at best laid some groundwork . They left un- touched the problem of vaulting the great naves in stone , the ...
... carried around the sanctuary and radiat- ing chapels led off them . This was a very important idea . But the Carolingians at best laid some groundwork . They left un- touched the problem of vaulting the great naves in stone , the ...
Page 384
... carry around the choir apse forming a two - aisled ambulatory . There is no transept as such , the naves have sex ... carried directly around the choir apse so that the transept is melted into the choir . The two side aisles of the ...
... carry around the choir apse forming a two - aisled ambulatory . There is no transept as such , the naves have sex ... carried directly around the choir apse so that the transept is melted into the choir . The two side aisles of the ...
Contents
Chapter Three ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL WITH PARTICULAR | 35 |
Chapter Six THE ARCHITECTURE OF STONE | 151 |
English Features | 417 |
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References to this book
The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That ... Jake Morrissey,J. P. Morrissey No preview available - 2005 |