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Page 169
... later Pisan bands , or of the side walls and tower of the Cathedrals at Siena and Lucca , or the reticulated facing of red and white stone slabs on the gatehouse of the Abbey of Lorsch , circa 770 , first squares , then diamonds , then ...
... later Pisan bands , or of the side walls and tower of the Cathedrals at Siena and Lucca , or the reticulated facing of red and white stone slabs on the gatehouse of the Abbey of Lorsch , circa 770 , first squares , then diamonds , then ...
Page 281
... later catalogued was yet to come . The Persians had done a thorough job of destroying the Agora and it had been slow rebuilding . The tholos was there , that famous circular building which served as the dining club for the presiding ...
... later catalogued was yet to come . The Persians had done a thorough job of destroying the Agora and it had been slow rebuilding . The tholos was there , that famous circular building which served as the dining club for the presiding ...
Page 448
... later of articulating the whole facade by the use of superimposed orders , as the Romans had often done before but never so discreetly or subtly . Seldom , perhaps never , elsewhere has the harmony of scale of the orders been so ...
... later of articulating the whole facade by the use of superimposed orders , as the Romans had often done before but never so discreetly or subtly . Seldom , perhaps never , elsewhere has the harmony of scale of the orders been so ...
Contents
Chapter Three ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL WITH PARTICULAR | 35 |
Chapter Six THE ARCHITECTURE OF STONE | 151 |
English Features | 417 |
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The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That ... Jake Morrissey,J. P. Morrissey No preview available - 2005 |