An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... considered the Italian style of architecture as best suited to the climate of this country , and was fearless in expressing his opinions on subjects of art . He made frequent trips to France , Belgium , and Germany , embellishing the ...
... considered the Italian style of architecture as best suited to the climate of this country , and was fearless in expressing his opinions on subjects of art . He made frequent trips to France , Belgium , and Germany , embellishing the ...
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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 MITISH MY same manner with those in their own pagodas . " Mr. Hunter , who in the year ...
... considered as hallowed places of their own worship , and they still resort thither to perform their devotions , and honour the figures there , in the MITISH MY same manner with those in their own pagodas . " Mr. Hunter , who in the year ...
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... considered that the frailty of the body during life ought not to be provided with more than necessary pro- tection from the seasons , and that the palace was nothing more than an inn , which at their death the successor would in his ...
... considered that the frailty of the body during life ought not to be provided with more than necessary pro- tection from the seasons , and that the palace was nothing more than an inn , which at their death the successor would in his ...
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... considered the value of art in his day , more dependent , it would seem , on material than on form . Seats seemed to have been placed round the interior part of the house , on which seats were cushions , which the women wrought . But we ...
... considered the value of art in his day , more dependent , it would seem , on material than on form . Seats seemed to have been placed round the interior part of the house , on which seats were cushions , which the women wrought . But we ...
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... considered in another portion of the work , was frequently employed by the Roman artists . 264. The invention of the Composite order is attributed , with every probability , to the Romans . It resembles generally the Corinthian , the ...
... considered in another portion of the work , was frequently employed by the Roman artists . 264. The invention of the Composite order is attributed , with every probability , to the Romans . It resembles generally the Corinthian , the ...
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