An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... PROPORTION . SECT . 1. General Remarks 6. Principles of Proportion ( by E. Cresy ) . CHAPTER V. SPECIAL SUBJECTS . . 1020 935 SECT . 1. Theatres 2. Hospitals . Ā· 1066 Ā· 1076 3. Infirmary . Ā· 1079 938 4. Private Buildings . 1080 5. In ...
... PROPORTION . SECT . 1. General Remarks 6. Principles of Proportion ( by E. Cresy ) . CHAPTER V. SPECIAL SUBJECTS . . 1020 935 SECT . 1. Theatres 2. Hospitals . Ā· 1066 Ā· 1076 3. Infirmary . Ā· 1079 938 4. Private Buildings . 1080 5. In ...
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... proportion , upon the pre- servation of character , and in various other respects . Nature , in one sense , is the model upon which architecture is founded ; not as a subject of imitation , but as presenting for imitation principles of ...
... proportion , upon the pre- servation of character , and in various other respects . Nature , in one sense , is the model upon which architecture is founded ; not as a subject of imitation , but as presenting for imitation principles of ...
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... proportions of their columns . Thus the Doric order borrowed its proportion , strength , and beauty from the human figure . On similar principles , they afterwards built the temple of Diana ; but in this , from a desire of varying the ...
... proportions of their columns . Thus the Doric order borrowed its proportion , strength , and beauty from the human figure . On similar principles , they afterwards built the temple of Diana ; but in this , from a desire of varying the ...
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... proportions . This portico must have been erected about 338 B. c . , and after it the Ionic order seems to have been more ... proportion became nearly in the ratio of 2.3 to 1 . The simplicity which flowed from these arrangements in the ...
... proportions . This portico must have been erected about 338 B. c . , and after it the Ionic order seems to have been more ... proportion became nearly in the ratio of 2.3 to 1 . The simplicity which flowed from these arrangements in the ...
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... proportion to their span . In the upper tiers two or more are comprehended under one , finished in trefoil or cinquefoil heads ( fig . 192. ) instead of points , the separating columns being very slender . Columns on which the arches ...
... proportion to their span . In the upper tiers two or more are comprehended under one , finished in trefoil or cinquefoil heads ( fig . 192. ) instead of points , the separating columns being very slender . Columns on which the arches ...
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