From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art HistoryEntries keyed to the reproductions in H.W. Janson's History of art. |
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Amun ancient Apollo Apostles appears apse arcade arch architecture artist Athena body building called carved cast century choir screen clerestory color colorplate colorplate 13 colorplate 28 colorplate 47 columns Composite orders composition CONTRAPPOSTO Cronus cross crown dark death decorated depictions Dionysus disciples dome Doric order Egyptian emblem engraving entablature Evangelists Father figure frequently fresco frieze Gaea Ghent Altarpiece goddess Gospel Gothic churches Greek heaven Herakles Holy Ghost impastos Jerusalem Jesus John 19 Joseph of Arimathaea King Lamb light lines lintel Luke 23 Mark Matthew 27 medieval molding nave object ornament painting panel Passion perspective Peter picture plane picture space pigment Pilate placed plate Poseidon Renaissance representations represented ribs Roman Romanesque Rome sacrifice saints saturation sculpture SFUMATO shape side sometimes special attribute stone surface symbol tablinum temple thou triglyphs Trinity unto vault vertical Virgin Mary voussoirs wall wine winged Zeus
References to this book
Old Age in Myth and Symbol: A Cultural Dictionary Patrick Mckee,Jennifer Mclerran No preview available - 1991 |