Bernini is Dead?: Architecture and the Social Purpose |
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Page 192
... light the carver - architect of Goreme has forfeited dematerialization . What light is allowed in through the entrance or an occasional small window cannot conjure away the sense of obtuse matter nor bring the images of the upper ...
... light the carver - architect of Goreme has forfeited dematerialization . What light is allowed in through the entrance or an occasional small window cannot conjure away the sense of obtuse matter nor bring the images of the upper ...
Page 379
... light of stained glass , the wall disappeared .... Light falling from the transept triforium , light from the enlarged clerestory windows , light from the rose windows of the transepts - except for the rigid bone structure , the whole ...
... light of stained glass , the wall disappeared .... Light falling from the transept triforium , light from the enlarged clerestory windows , light from the rose windows of the transepts - except for the rigid bone structure , the whole ...
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... lights , each 50 feet high and 5 feet wide . ( The glass in the gable is modern grisaille . ) The subdivisions are geometrical throughout , except for the bottom panel of the center light . There is , thus , essentially no iconography ...
... lights , each 50 feet high and 5 feet wide . ( The glass in the gable is modern grisaille . ) The subdivisions are geometrical throughout , except for the bottom panel of the center light . There is , thus , essentially no iconography ...
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 |