An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... ornaments , and a columnar base of a Persian cha- racter . Some have supposed that these belonged to the decorations of the door- way ; but we are of a different opinion , inasmuch as they destroy its grand cha- racter . We think if ...
... ornaments , and a columnar base of a Persian cha- racter . Some have supposed that these belonged to the decorations of the door- way ; but we are of a different opinion , inasmuch as they destroy its grand cha- racter . We think if ...
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... ornament and costume - processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad , with a slight variation of folds in the ... ornaments of pure gold . This , and the minarets that flank it , are now falling into decay . The other sides of the ...
... ornament and costume - processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad , with a slight variation of folds in the ... ornaments of pure gold . This , and the minarets that flank it , are now falling into decay . The other sides of the ...
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... ornaments which in Grecian architecture are so well applied and balanced , seem more the work of chance than of consideration . We here insert an external view of the temple at this place ( fig . 44. ) . The essential differences ...
... ornaments which in Grecian architecture are so well applied and balanced , seem more the work of chance than of consideration . We here insert an external view of the temple at this place ( fig . 44. ) . The essential differences ...
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... ornaments . In no country was the connection between religion and architecture closer than in Egypt , and as the conceptions and execution in architecture are dependent on the other arts , we will here briefly examine the influence ...
... ornaments . In no country was the connection between religion and architecture closer than in Egypt , and as the conceptions and execution in architecture are dependent on the other arts , we will here briefly examine the influence ...
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... ornament , and moreover fashioned into bundles , seems to have been the type of some of the species of their columns . In their entablatures and elsewhere , animals of all sorts occasionally find a place as ornaments , even down to ...
... ornament , and moreover fashioned into bundles , seems to have been the type of some of the species of their columns . In their entablatures and elsewhere , animals of all sorts occasionally find a place as ornaments , even down to ...
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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