Some articles on exterior, design:
... The twelve brackets carved as part of the dome's exterior are thought to have been used to maneuver the piece into place ... Its design was that of a ciborium, or reliquary, such as those common to Byzantine martyria and the major Christian churches of the city ... The dome, a double shell design made of wood, is 20.44 meters in diameter and 30 meters high ...
Famous quotes containing the words design and/or exterior:
“With wonderful art he grinds into paint for his picture all his moods and experiences, so that all his forces may be brought to the encounter. Apparently writing without a particular design or responsibility, setting down his soliloquies from time to time, taking advantage of all his humors, when at length the hour comes to declare himself, he puts down in plain English, without quotation marks, what he, Thomas Carlyle, is ready to defend in the face of the world.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Professor Eucalyptus said, “The search
For reality is as momentous as
The search for god.” It is the philosopher’s search
For an interior made exterior
And the poet’s search for the same exterior made
Interior: breathless things broodingly abreath....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)