Down to the age of RaphaelStokes, 1922 - Art |
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Abbey adorned Aegaean ancient Ancient Greece apse Arab arches architect architecture artists Athenian Athens Baptistery basilica beautiful bronze buildings built Byzantine Byzantine art called carvings Cathedral century Chapel Christian church classical coloured columns connexion Corinthian Cretan Dante decoration dome Doric doubtless Duomo early edifices Egypt Egyptian erected Etruscan evidently extant façade famous figures Florence Florentine French frescos Giotto Giovanni Gothic architecture Greece Greek Hellenic Hellenistic huge imitation influence Ionic Italian Italy King later Lombard Lysippus Madonna magnificent marble Maria Masaccio Milan mosaics Mycenae Naples nave Niccolò Norman numerous original painters painting palace Parthenon perhaps period Pheidias Photo Alinari Photo Brogi Photo Mansell Pisan portal portico portrait Praxiteles probably Quattrocento Ravenna rebuilt relics reliefs Renaissance Roman Romanesque Rome sarcophagus scenes sculpture seems seen so-called Spain specimens splendid statues style temple tombs transept Uffizi Vasari vast Vatican vaulting Venetian Venice Victory