A Rudimentary Manual of Architecture: Being a History and Explanation of the Principal Styles of European Architecture, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Renaissance, with Their Chief Variations Described and Illustrated; to which is Appended a Glossary of Technical TermsLongmans, Green, 1870 - 304 páginas |
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... original types of the various styles of archi- tecture may be in a measure traced back to the very earliest times , and were mainly determined by the habits of life of the tribes who originally peopled the various countries of the globe ...
... original types of the various styles of archi- tecture may be in a measure traced back to the very earliest times , and were mainly determined by the habits of life of the tribes who originally peopled the various countries of the globe ...
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... original types of construction of Egyptian , Assyrian , Indian , Chinese , and Greek architecture . The heavy massiveness and tomb- like forms of Assyria and Egypt , as also the remains of large temples of unknown date in Cen- tral ...
... original types of construction of Egyptian , Assyrian , Indian , Chinese , and Greek architecture . The heavy massiveness and tomb- like forms of Assyria and Egypt , as also the remains of large temples of unknown date in Cen- tral ...
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... original types of which are altogether distinct . Greek architecture is that of the COLUMN and ENTABLATURE , or , reducing the terms to their simplest forms , the post and lintel or beam . Many attempts have been made to prove that ...
... original types of which are altogether distinct . Greek architecture is that of the COLUMN and ENTABLATURE , or , reducing the terms to their simplest forms , the post and lintel or beam . Many attempts have been made to prove that ...
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... original Greek forms are as follows : - The Torus , a projecting half - round forming a perfect semicircle . The Astragal , Beads , and Reedings , are smaller varieties of the same form . The Ovolo forms a projecting quarter round . The ...
... original Greek forms are as follows : - The Torus , a projecting half - round forming a perfect semicircle . The Astragal , Beads , and Reedings , are smaller varieties of the same form . The Ovolo forms a projecting quarter round . The ...
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... original state , have possessed one of the most glorious interiors the world ever saw . In no other building probably were such immense spaces completely covered by the richest mosaic decoration . This church , probably one of the most ...
... original state , have possessed one of the most glorious interiors the world ever saw . In no other building probably were such immense spaces completely covered by the richest mosaic decoration . This church , probably one of the most ...
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