TOPICS COVERED - The Art Tourist's Vademecum - Progedim s.r.l.
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The main categories treated in the text and developed at specific nomenclature level are the following:
- Christian architecture
- basilicas and churches
- abbeys and monasteries
- Jewish architecture
- Islamic architecture
- oriental architecture
- military architecture
- castles and fortresses
- Roman castra
- architectural elements:
- roofs
- vaults
- domes
- arches
- stairs
- windows
- columns
- terraces and balconies
- dormers and lucarnes
- capitals
- pediments
- masonry
- windows
- battlements
- ribs
- trusses
- constraints
- vascular forms
- vase painting
- marbles
- opus (flooring and wall decorations)
- vestments
- liturgical books
- liturgical vestments
- liturgical colors
- Christian symbols
- heraldry and coats of arms
- weapons
- crosses
- decorations
- mouldings
- construction types
- types of Greek and Roman houses
- Vitruvian constructive categories
- rural building types
- gardens and parks
- fountains
- three-dimensional artistic techniques:
- sculpture
- ceramics
- metalworking (goldsmithery)
- glyptic
- glass processing
- cabinet making
- flat artistic techniques:
- drawing
- painting
- engraving and printing
- mosaic
- inlay
- fabrics and tapestries
- architectural orders
- classical architecture
- temples
- theatres and amphitheatres
- thermae