An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 24
... front . The palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square intersected by ... front was a pronaos , or portico , stretching through the whole front ( 36 ft . ) of the temple , and its depth was ...
... front . The palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square intersected by ... front was a pronaos , or portico , stretching through the whole front ( 36 ft . ) of the temple , and its depth was ...
Page 67
... front , it will be immediately seen that the proportions of Vitruvius are obtained on a line passing through the axes of the columns . But as in most of the Greek temples the central intercolumniation in front is wider than the rest ...
... front , it will be immediately seen that the proportions of Vitruvius are obtained on a line passing through the axes of the columns . But as in most of the Greek temples the central intercolumniation in front is wider than the rest ...
Page 81
... front was the third . To this was attached an hexagonal court , serving as a vestibule , in front of which was the grand en- trance portico . The length of the quadrangle is about 360 ft . and breadth about 350 ft . ( See fig . 112 ...
... front was the third . To this was attached an hexagonal court , serving as a vestibule , in front of which was the grand en- trance portico . The length of the quadrangle is about 360 ft . and breadth about 350 ft . ( See fig . 112 ...
Page 98
... front ; between which and the spina the races of the chariots were exhibited . The circus of Nero was nearly of the same form , Lut neither so long nor so broad , being only 1400 ft . in length and 260 in breadth , and its spina but 800 ...
... front ; between which and the spina the races of the chariots were exhibited . The circus of Nero was nearly of the same form , Lut neither so long nor so broad , being only 1400 ft . in length and 260 in breadth , and its spina but 800 ...
Page 102
... front , RRRR , is a portico or pergula , for training vines and creepers on the back front of the house , before the windows of the triclinium . SS : these two rooms , opening into the pergula , were , it is presumed , cubicula . TT ...
... front , RRRR , is a portico or pergula , for training vines and creepers on the back front of the house , before the windows of the triclinium . SS : these two rooms , opening into the pergula , were , it is presumed , cubicula . TT ...
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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