History of Art, Volumen2

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Harper & Brothers, 1927
 

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Página 11 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Página 19 - Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
Página 19 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Página 19 - And all that believed were together, and had all things in common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Página 12 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Página 78 - Moreover, it is impossible to describe with accuracy the treasures of gold and silver plate and gems which the Emperor has presented to the church; the Sanctuary alone contains forty thousand pounds weight of silver.
Página 320 - I call that Living Architecture. There is sensation in every inch of it, and an accommodation to every architectural necessity, with a determined variation in arrangement, which is exactly like the related proportions and provisions in the structure of organic form.
Página 289 - ... y Novoa. Behind this western portal, however, there still remains part of the original front, which exhibits some of the finest Romanesque sculpture in Spain. This is the Portico de la Gloria, which is dated 1188 and is the work of Master Mateo. In fact, it consists of three doorways whose ordered sides are lined with columns resting on the backs of prostrate monsters. Over the central doorway is a great figure of After Conant. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Scale 100 ft. to I in.
Página 101 - I am'- words in the Gospel of St John: 'I am the light of the world.
Página 250 - Alahmar, swore fealty to St. Ferdinand in 1245, binding himself to the payment of an annual rent, to serve under him with a stipulated number of his knights in war, and personally attend Cortes when summoned,—a whimsical stipulation this for a Mabometan prince.

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