An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... effect is quite theatrical , and its perfect symmetry gives it the appearance of a work of great art , and of greater skill in composition than most other Indian works . Yet an examination of the details , and particularly of the system ...
... effect is quite theatrical , and its perfect symmetry gives it the appearance of a work of great art , and of greater skill in composition than most other Indian works . Yet an examination of the details , and particularly of the system ...
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... effect , and beauty , for which the arts generally are indebted to nature . We think it was Madame de Staël who said that architecture was frozen music . Now , though in architecture , as in the other arts , there is no sensible imi ...
... effect , and beauty , for which the arts generally are indebted to nature . We think it was Madame de Staël who said that architecture was frozen music . Now , though in architecture , as in the other arts , there is no sensible imi ...
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... effect of time upon the edifices of the country , they still seem calculated for a duration equally long as that of the globe itself . The materials employed upon them were well adapted to insure a defiance of all that age could effect ...
... effect of time upon the edifices of the country , they still seem calculated for a duration equally long as that of the globe itself . The materials employed upon them were well adapted to insure a defiance of all that age could effect ...
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... effect . The figures that are sculptured on the walls of the temples are mostly in low relief , and are destitute of propor- tion ; and , when in groups , are devoid of senti- ment . Painting was another mode of decoration . The ...
... effect . The figures that are sculptured on the walls of the temples are mostly in low relief , and are destitute of propor- tion ; and , when in groups , are devoid of senti- ment . Painting was another mode of decoration . The ...
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... effect , — that of endeavouring to correct it by a profusion of hieroglyphics . As to the other orna- ments employed , they seem to have flowed from caprice , both in selection and employment , resting on no fixed principles of ...
... effect , — that of endeavouring to correct it by a profusion of hieroglyphics . As to the other orna- ments employed , they seem to have flowed from caprice , both in selection and employment , resting on no fixed principles of ...
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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 depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal inches intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof 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 weight whereof width wood