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Page 21
To the south of the three groups of columns is situate the inost raised building on
these ruins . On the east , towards the mountain , a large mass of ruins is visible (
lettered H ) , consisting of portals , passages , windows , & c . The first are ...
To the south of the three groups of columns is situate the inost raised building on
these ruins . On the east , towards the mountain , a large mass of ruins is visible (
lettered H ) , consisting of portals , passages , windows , & c . The first are ...
Page 43
Above the last named place there are no buildings of importance mentioned by
our author . Sect . VIII . CHINESE ARCHITECTURE . 93. In the first chapter , the
reader will remember , we have said that in the tent is to be found the type of this
...
Above the last named place there are no buildings of importance mentioned by
our author . Sect . VIII . CHINESE ARCHITECTURE . 93. In the first chapter , the
reader will remember , we have said that in the tent is to be found the type of this
...
Page 44
With the Chinese , the art of ornamenting a building is an application of
capricious finery and patchwork , in which grotesque representations of subjects
connected with their mythology often prevail : yet , in this respect , they exhibit a
fertility of ...
With the Chinese , the art of ornamenting a building is an application of
capricious finery and patchwork , in which grotesque representations of subjects
connected with their mythology often prevail : yet , in this respect , they exhibit a
fertility of ...
Page 46
The courts contain sculptured lions 7 ft . or 8 ft . high ; and at the angles of the
building , surrounding each area , are square towers , two stories high , crowned
with galleries . The reader will find a delineation of this extraordinary building in ...
The courts contain sculptured lions 7 ft . or 8 ft . high ; and at the angles of the
building , surrounding each area , are square towers , two stories high , crowned
with galleries . The reader will find a delineation of this extraordinary building in ...
Page 121
It is certain that , though neglected in their general practice , the ancients were
acquainted with this mode of building ... the appearance of Corinthian capitals in
Romanesque buildings must give them the right to be called classical edifices .
It is certain that , though neglected in their general practice , the ancients were
acquainted with this mode of building ... the appearance of Corinthian capitals in
Romanesque buildings must give them the right to be called classical edifices .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & Practical |
| Author | Joseph Gwilt |
| Editor | Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1891 |
| Length | 1443 pages |
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