An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... Architecture . This , though in many respects an useful work , is far behind the wants of the present day . It is confined exclusively to Roman and Italian architecture ; but it does not embrace the history even of these branches , nor ...
... Architecture . This , though in many respects an useful work , is far behind the wants of the present day . It is confined exclusively to Roman and Italian architecture ; but it does not embrace the history even of these branches , nor ...
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... architecture , but shall , under that head , enlarge further on the subject . SECT . III . DIFFERENT SORTS OF ... ARCHITECTURE . Different Sorts of Dwellings PAGE 131 152 157 158 162 arising from different Occu- pations.
... architecture , but shall , under that head , enlarge further on the subject . SECT . III . DIFFERENT SORTS OF ... ARCHITECTURE . Different Sorts of Dwellings PAGE 131 152 157 158 162 arising from different Occu- pations.
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... architectural effect , we are not to assume that a want of taste must be consequent on the first sort merely because it cannot be called constructive architecture . And here we must observe , that we think the writer in the EncyclopƩdie ...
... architectural effect , we are not to assume that a want of taste must be consequent on the first sort merely because it cannot be called constructive architecture . And here we must observe , that we think the writer in the EncyclopƩdie ...
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... architecture closer than in Egypt , and as the conceptions and execution in architecture are dependent on the other arts , we will here briefly examine the influence which the religion of the country had upon them . 68. Painting and ...
... architecture closer than in Egypt , and as the conceptions and execution in architecture are dependent on the other arts , we will here briefly examine the influence which the religion of the country had upon them . 68. Painting and ...
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... architecture of Egypt , three points offer themselves for consider- ation , construction , form , and decoration . In CONSTRUCTION , if solidity be a merit , no nation has equalled them . Notwithstanding the continued effect of time ...
... architecture of Egypt , three points offer themselves for consider- ation , construction , form , and decoration . In CONSTRUCTION , if solidity be a merit , no nation has equalled them . Notwithstanding the continued effect of time ...
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