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... façade , universal in France and common through- out England , Spain , and Germany , was almost never adopted in Italy . In fact , the building of any sort of façade often lagged behind the construction of the rest of the church . Only ...
... façade , universal in France and common through- out England , Spain , and Germany , was almost never adopted in Italy . In fact , the building of any sort of façade often lagged behind the construction of the rest of the church . Only ...
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... façade for the Church of Santa Susanna , of 1597-1603 ( fig . 26-10 ) , must be considered the first true Baroque façade in Rome . Nonetheless , it recalls della Porta's façade for Il Gesù ( see fig . 23-37 ) so insistently that for a ...
... façade for the Church of Santa Susanna , of 1597-1603 ( fig . 26-10 ) , must be considered the first true Baroque façade in Rome . Nonetheless , it recalls della Porta's façade for Il Gesù ( see fig . 23-37 ) so insistently that for a ...
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... façade of the Louvre , with its hidden roof and unbroken architectural profile , proved definitive for French palace architecture for the next century . Despite the pleas of Colbert , who wanted to keep the king in Paris , at the time ...
... façade of the Louvre , with its hidden roof and unbroken architectural profile , proved definitive for French palace architecture for the next century . Despite the pleas of Colbert , who wanted to keep the king in Paris , at the time ...
Contents
PREFACE | 8 |
CHAPTER THIRTYTHREE Impressionism 91819 | 19 |
CHAPTER THIRTYFOUR PostImpressionism 94041 | 41 |
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