An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... produced . Indeed , the latter nation sought beauty of form rather than immense edifices ; and Rome , until its citizens equalled kings in their wealth , had no monuments worthy to be remembered by the historian , or transmitted as ...
... produced . Indeed , the latter nation sought beauty of form rather than immense edifices ; and Rome , until its citizens equalled kings in their wealth , had no monuments worthy to be remembered by the historian , or transmitted as ...
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... produced an effect upon them for which they were not prepared . It occupies an area of upwards of 3600 ft . from east to west , and above 3000 ft . from north to south , without including the three fore - courts . Mr. Barrow , in his ...
... produced an effect upon them for which they were not prepared . It occupies an area of upwards of 3600 ft . from east to west , and above 3000 ft . from north to south , without including the three fore - courts . Mr. Barrow , in his ...
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... produces a perception of greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen more distinctly . The same explanation may serve to account for the well - known fact , that the top of an undiminished pilaster appears so ...
... produces a perception of greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen more distinctly . The same explanation may serve to account for the well - known fact , that the top of an undiminished pilaster appears so ...
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... produced by the building art can work upon the mind of every man , of every country . Some of them result from every species of architecture , an art which sprung , as well from the huts of Greece , as from the subterraneous excavations ...
... produced by the building art can work upon the mind of every man , of every country . Some of them result from every species of architecture , an art which sprung , as well from the huts of Greece , as from the subterraneous excavations ...
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... produced by the employment of columns instead of the old system of arcades , is extremely pleasing , though , Į as ... produce works which may properly be called monumental ; in this country , the government has never applied itself to a ...
... produced by the employment of columns instead of the old system of arcades , is extremely pleasing , though , Į as ... produce works which may properly be called monumental ; in this country , the government has never applied itself to a ...
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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