An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 84
... less than an incongruous mixture , in sculpture and architecture , of two periods remote from each other . But , discordant as the styles are , the absurdity of placing on it part of the triumphs of Trajan , whose arch was robbed for ...
... less than an incongruous mixture , in sculpture and architecture , of two periods remote from each other . But , discordant as the styles are , the absurdity of placing on it part of the triumphs of Trajan , whose arch was robbed for ...
Page 92
... less creditable motives have been attributed to Hadrian for its destruction , one of them the envy he had of the name of its founder . There are still partial remains of an ancient Roman bridge over the Tagus near Alcantara . This ...
... less creditable motives have been attributed to Hadrian for its destruction , one of them the envy he had of the name of its founder . There are still partial remains of an ancient Roman bridge over the Tagus near Alcantara . This ...
Page 93
... less than 20 in . in height nor more than 22. Their width is not to be more than 2 ft . nor less than 2 ft . " Besides the theatres named , that of Cornelius Balbus , built by him in honour of Augustus , was on a scale of considerable ...
... less than 20 in . in height nor more than 22. Their width is not to be more than 2 ft . nor less than 2 ft . " Besides the theatres named , that of Cornelius Balbus , built by him in honour of Augustus , was on a scale of considerable ...
Page 121
... less durable mode of building to that which they found established by the Greeks . Thus , the church of Santa Sophia was a model , after the conquest of Con- stantinople , for all the mosques that were erected , with the addition ...
... less durable mode of building to that which they found established by the Greeks . Thus , the church of Santa Sophia was a model , after the conquest of Con- stantinople , for all the mosques that were erected , with the addition ...
Page 156
... less than had his beautiful theatre for providing for its pleasures . The plan ( fig . 177. ) of the Pantheon ( so it is now usually called ) is a species of Greek cross , The interior is divided transversely into two equal parts on ...
... less than had his beautiful theatre for providing for its pleasures . The plan ( fig . 177. ) of the Pantheon ( so it is now usually called ) is a species of Greek cross , The interior is divided transversely into two equal parts on ...
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