A History of Art, Volume 1F.A. Stokes, 1923 - Art |
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Achaean Acropolis adorned Aegaean Ancient Greece apse arches architect architecture artists Assyrian Athenian Athens Baptistery bas-reliefs basilica beautiful British Museum bronze buildings built Byzantine called carved Cathedral century Chapel Christian church Cimabue classic coloured columns connexion Corinthian Cretan decoration dome Dorian Doric doubtless Duomo early Egypt Egyptian Empire erected Etruscan evidently excavated extant façade famous figures Florence Florentine frescos Giotto Giovanni Gothic Greek Hellenic Hellenistic Herodotus Hittite Homer huge imitated influence Ionian Ionic Italian Italy King later Lombard Madonna magnificent marble Maria Memphite mosaics Mycenae Mycenaean Naples nave Niccolò Northern numerous original painters painting palace Parthenon perhaps Persian Pharaohs Pheidias Phoenician Photo Alinari Photo Brogi Photo Mansell Pisan portal portico portrait Praxiteles probably Quattrocento Ravenna relics reliefs Roman Romanesque Rome sarcophagus scenes sculpture seems specimens splendid statues style temple tombs vases vast Vatican vaulting Venetian Venice Victory walls Zeus