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A motive of the Bull’s Head as a Decoration of the Medieval Churches in Southern Caucasus [PDF]

open access: yesAnastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and Art, 2017
The article deals with the examples of a syncretism of the traditional believes and Christianity in the Middle Ages. There is a representation of the bull’s head in the architectural decoration of some of the medieval churches (f. i.
Ekaterina Endoltseva
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Differentiation of design solutions according to architectural and artistic criteria

open access: yesАрхитектон
The paper proposes a classification of buildings and structures into levels by the criterion of whether their design solutions contain such architectural and artistic qualities as architectural idea, artistic image and integrity of architectural ...
Ziyatdinov Zufar Z.
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Household Archaeology and Reconstructing Social Organization in Ancient Complex Societies: A Consideration of Models and Concepts Based on Study of the Prehispanic Maya

open access: yes, 2001
Studies of the settlement pattern in the Copan Valley, Honduras, indicate that a House society model provides the best way to understand the social organization of the Late Classic period Maya. The House society model, based on Levi-Strauss\u27s original
Hendon, Julia A.
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Ornamental Art and Architectural Decoration

open access: yesProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012
AbstractCondemning ornament as a crime, modernism severed the symbiotic architecture/arts connection for nearly 80 years. Postmodernism reclaimed decoration as vital to composition, but the ornament/architecture relationship was practically reinvented.
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The building system and modeling evolution characteristics from the stacked patios to the pingqi of the grotto

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
This paper takes the cave top Pingqi as the breakthrough point, discusses the relationship between the building system and the shape evolution from the lantern roof in the dwellings of Central Asia to the caisery in the grottoes of Xinjiang and then to ...
QiangQiang Pei, Xinyu Shen, Qi Zhang
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Contributions to the understanding of the Lovran sculpture

open access: yesZbornik Lovranšćine, 2012
Sculpture and architectural decoration in the historical centre of Lovran and its immediate historical surroundings are discussed in the first part of the paper.
Marijan Bradanović
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Methods of Nature: Landscapes from the Gettysburg College Collection

open access: yes, 2016
Methods of Nature: Landscapes from the Gettysburg College Collection is the third annual exhibition curated by students enrolled in the Art History Methods course.
Chason, Molly A.   +5 more
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De l’ornement et de ses définitions

open access: yesPerspective, 2010
Oleg Grabar
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