An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 64
... greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen more distinctly . The same explanation may serve to account for the well - known fact , that the top of an undiminished pilaster appears so much broader than the body ...
... greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen more distinctly . The same explanation may serve to account for the well - known fact , that the top of an undiminished pilaster appears so much broader than the body ...
Page 96
... greater esteem , the amphitheatre was enclosed with a wall , and the seats formed of wood or stone . It certainly appears to us that Paoli's conjecture is reasonable , ; and that Etruscan buildings or formations were the original type ...
... greater esteem , the amphitheatre was enclosed with a wall , and the seats formed of wood or stone . It certainly appears to us that Paoli's conjecture is reasonable , ; and that Etruscan buildings or formations were the original type ...
Page 99
... greater thickness than one foot and a half ; whence it is clear they could not have been safely raised higher than a single story with the unbaked bricks then in use . But the space within which the city was confined , with an ...
... greater thickness than one foot and a half ; whence it is clear they could not have been safely raised higher than a single story with the unbaked bricks then in use . But the space within which the city was confined , with an ...
Page 151
... greater perfection in their execution , which , in those that exist , is often unworthy of the name of the master . Scamozzi published a work on the art , which will be found in our list of authors at the end of this work . He died in ...
... greater perfection in their execution , which , in those that exist , is often unworthy of the name of the master . Scamozzi published a work on the art , which will be found in our list of authors at the end of this work . He died in ...
Page 183
... its magnificent hall and bijou of a chapel ( St. Stephen's ) , had attained a greater extent than any contem- porary palace in Europe . Edward III . , besides CHAP . 111 . 183 FLORID ENGLISH OR TUDOR . Florid English or Tudor.
... its magnificent hall and bijou of a chapel ( St. Stephen's ) , had attained a greater extent than any contem- porary palace in Europe . Edward III . , besides CHAP . 111 . 183 FLORID ENGLISH OR TUDOR . Florid English or Tudor.
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet flange front girder Gothic granite half height horizontal inches joints length lime limestone marble material mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sand sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls whereof width wood