1000 Years of World Architecture: An Illustrated GuideThis volume is a guide to the main characteristics, movements and regional variants of a millennium of Western architecture, from the early Romanesque to the most recent contemporary trends. |
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... arches that con- fer dynamism and a sense of the picturesque . Of all the regions of France , it was Burgundy that demonstrated the greatest originality in architectural creations . Some works , most of all Cluny , indicate efforts to ...
... arches that con- fer dynamism and a sense of the picturesque . Of all the regions of France , it was Burgundy that demonstrated the greatest originality in architectural creations . Some works , most of all Cluny , indicate efforts to ...
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... arches topped by two tiers of arches that recall similar Tuscan motifs from Pisa to Lucca . Abbey church , Fécamp , after 1168 Late Norman churches did not abandon the ' thick - wall ' building technique , with the consequent heaviness ...
... arches topped by two tiers of arches that recall similar Tuscan motifs from Pisa to Lucca . Abbey church , Fécamp , after 1168 Late Norman churches did not abandon the ' thick - wall ' building technique , with the consequent heaviness ...
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... arches , often supporting a wall , with their columns or piers . A blind arcade is an arcade set against a wall without openings in the arches . Arch : usually curved architectural member spanning an opening and serving as sup- port ...
... arches , often supporting a wall , with their columns or piers . A blind arcade is an arcade set against a wall without openings in the arches . Arch : usually curved architectural member spanning an opening and serving as sup- port ...
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