An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 37
... placed on the top of the shaft of the column , to which it is not joined by the intervention of any moulding . This abacus is , however , sometimes high enough to admit of a head being sculptured thereon , as in the annexed block . It ...
... placed on the top of the shaft of the column , to which it is not joined by the intervention of any moulding . This abacus is , however , sometimes high enough to admit of a head being sculptured thereon , as in the annexed block . It ...
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... placed those which actually form the ceilings , just like the floor boards of a modern economical English building . On them are often found some of the most interesting representations that are in existence : we allude to those of the ...
... placed those which actually form the ceilings , just like the floor boards of a modern economical English building . On them are often found some of the most interesting representations that are in existence : we allude to those of the ...
Page 39
... placed on simple pedestals . The use of Caryatides , as 66 they are called , perhaps improperly , in Egyptian architecture , if we may judge from remains , does not appear to have been very frequent . In the tomb of Osymandyas , we find ...
... placed on simple pedestals . The use of Caryatides , as 66 they are called , perhaps improperly , in Egyptian architecture , if we may judge from remains , does not appear to have been very frequent . In the tomb of Osymandyas , we find ...
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... placed symmetrically in a very romantic situation . That in the best preservation , and , at the same time , the principal one , is nearly 130 ft . long . A staircase , formed in a pit , leads to a subterranean apartment , 88 ft . in ...
... placed symmetrically in a very romantic situation . That in the best preservation , and , at the same time , the principal one , is nearly 130 ft . long . A staircase , formed in a pit , leads to a subterranean apartment , 88 ft . in ...
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... placed a tile on the basket , for the longer preservation of its contents . The basket was accidentally placed on the root of an acanthus plant , which , pressed by the weight , shot forth , towards spring , its stems and large foliage ...
... placed a tile on the basket , for the longer preservation of its contents . The basket was accidentally placed on the root of an acanthus plant , which , pressed by the weight , shot forth , towards spring , its stems and large foliage ...
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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