An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... considered , however , by Goguet as a fabulous person altogether , the word meaning , according to him , nothing more than a skilful workman , a meaning which , he observes , did not escape the notice of Pausanias . The surmise is borre ...
... considered , however , by Goguet as a fabulous person altogether , the word meaning , according to him , nothing more than a skilful workman , a meaning which , he observes , did not escape the notice of Pausanias . The surmise is borre ...
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... considered as hallowed places of their own worship , and they still resort thither to perform their devotions , and honour the figures there , in the same manner with those in their own pagodas . " Mr. Hunter , who in the year 1784 ...
... considered as hallowed places of their own worship , and they still resort thither to perform their devotions , and honour the figures there , in the same manner with those in their own pagodas . " Mr. Hunter , who in the year 1784 ...
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... considered as two - ninths of the whole entablature . 155. The age of the double temple of Minerva Polias ( fig . 102. ) and Erectheus has 00000000 Fig . 102 . TEMPLES OF MINERVA POLIAS AND ERECTHEUS . now been stated as not completed ...
... considered as two - ninths of the whole entablature . 155. The age of the double temple of Minerva Polias ( fig . 102. ) and Erectheus has 00000000 Fig . 102 . TEMPLES OF MINERVA POLIAS AND ERECTHEUS . now been stated as not completed ...
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... considered as to design or execution , is unparalleled . At the same time it must be admitted that it bears every mark of the improvements that had been effected through the medium of Greek artists . Three columns with their entablature ...
... considered as to design or execution , is unparalleled . At the same time it must be admitted that it bears every mark of the improvements that had been effected through the medium of Greek artists . Three columns with their entablature ...
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... considered indispensable ; and these , in different degrees of size and decoration , were always found . There were others which were or were not so found , according to the wealth and fancy of the proprietor . Thus , every private ...
... considered indispensable ; and these , in different degrees of size and decoration , were always found . There were others which were or were not so found , according to the wealth and fancy of the proprietor . Thus , every private ...
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