An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 51
... Italian marble . The hall of audience was incrusted with gold and pearls , and a great bason in the centre was sur ... Italy , a totally new style arose , whose develop- ment in different modes was the basis of all modern architecture ...
... Italian marble . The hall of audience was incrusted with gold and pearls , and a great bason in the centre was sur ... Italy , a totally new style arose , whose develop- ment in different modes was the basis of all modern architecture ...
Page 52
... Italy was invaded , the fate of war soon caused exterior decoration to be sacrificed to internal comfort and luxury ; and even Rome , under Belisarius , was surrounded by walls and towers . The people , whose prowess made these ...
... Italy was invaded , the fate of war soon caused exterior decoration to be sacrificed to internal comfort and luxury ; and even Rome , under Belisarius , was surrounded by walls and towers . The people , whose prowess made these ...
Page 53
... Italy five cen- turies afterwards . 2. That the plans of churches and mosques are traceable to that of the ancient basilica , as in the citadels of the middle - ages , and the palaces of the Greek emperors , are to be found the types of ...
... Italy five cen- turies afterwards . 2. That the plans of churches and mosques are traceable to that of the ancient basilica , as in the citadels of the middle - ages , and the palaces of the Greek emperors , are to be found the types of ...
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... Italy . The words Soλos , ais , and taxis , are not used in a sense that signifies an arch until after the reign of the above - named mo- narch ; nor is any description extant from which may be conceived the construction of an arch on ...
... Italy . The words Soλos , ais , and taxis , are not used in a sense that signifies an arch until after the reign of the above - named mo- narch ; nor is any description extant from which may be conceived the construction of an arch on ...
Page 74
... Italy , now called Tuscany , are supposed to have been a colony from Greece . They certainly may have been a swarm from the original hive ( see Druidical , Celtic , 13 .; and Cyclopean Architecture , 32. ) that passed through Greece in ...
... Italy , now called Tuscany , are supposed to have been a colony from Greece . They certainly may have been a swarm from the original hive ( see Druidical , Celtic , 13 .; and Cyclopean Architecture , 32. ) that passed through Greece in ...
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