World Heritage: Archaeological Sites and Urban CentresFirst volume of three that Skira and UNESCO are launching to illustrate and describe world heritage places. This volume, devoted specifically to archaeological areas and urban centres, focuses on forty-six emblematic instances of diverse geographic, cultural, and historic sites, distant in time and space, but presented together in a single, clear, and fascinating collection. With this instrument for learning and understanding, and through a particularly rich array of images, places of all sorts, distant in time and space, can be found together in a single, clear, and fascinating collection devoted to the complex paths of human history and culture: a true heritage of every nation and every individual. |
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Page 87
... elements , between which we find painted scenes . This is the case with the ' Villa of the Mysteries ' , on the walls of which is developed a pictorial cycle that represents the initiation of brides into Dionysian rites . The third ...
... elements , between which we find painted scenes . This is the case with the ' Villa of the Mysteries ' , on the walls of which is developed a pictorial cycle that represents the initiation of brides into Dionysian rites . The third ...
Page 96
... elements of barbarian derivation , such as for instance the unusual roof and the frieze with its scissor formation used in the cornice . Theodoric's mausoleum was built in A.D. 520 with the use of Pietra d'Istria , or Istrian stone ...
... elements of barbarian derivation , such as for instance the unusual roof and the frieze with its scissor formation used in the cornice . Theodoric's mausoleum was built in A.D. 520 with the use of Pietra d'Istria , or Istrian stone ...
Page 178
... elements of stone and clay were abandoned in favour of wood ; pillars became the main load - bearing struc- tures and the walls were mere curtains , used to articulate the interior spaces ; lastly gardens were created that , in ...
... elements of stone and clay were abandoned in favour of wood ; pillars became the main load - bearing struc- tures and the walls were mere curtains , used to articulate the interior spaces ; lastly gardens were created that , in ...
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Contents Vatican City 90 | 2 |
Germany | 26 |
Bamberg Cracow | 32 |
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adorned Aerial view ancient Angkor archaeological arches architect architecture artistic Baalbek Baroque basilica buildings built Bukhara Campo dei Miracoli capital carved cathedral century B.C. Church city's columns complex construction Convention Copán courtyard cultural and natural Cuzco date back decorated dedicated depicting developed dome dynasty Emperor Empire enclosure walls façade Fatimid fifteenth fortified Forum founded frescoes Galla Placidia Gothic Greek Heian period Historic Centre houses Imperial Forums important Inca interior Islamic kilometres King layout Leptis Magna masterpieces medieval metres monasteries monumental Mosque Museum Nabataean natural heritage Old City Omayyad outstanding paintings Palace Palazzo period plaza portico preserved protection Pyramid religious Renaissance River Roman Romanesque Rome ruins sacred Saint San'a sculpture Septimius Severus settlement side sixteenth century sixth century square statues stone structure style Suzdal Temple tenth century tion tombs towers town tradition Trajan tury twelfth century urban Vatican World Heritage World Heritage Site