An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 53
... columns , which , with fifty - two columns in the court , form a total of upwards of 900 columns . They are about 18 in . in diameter , the mean height of them is about 15 ft . , and they are covered with a species of Corinthian and ...
... columns , which , with fifty - two columns in the court , form a total of upwards of 900 columns . They are about 18 in . in diameter , the mean height of them is about 15 ft . , and they are covered with a species of Corinthian and ...
Page 60
... columns , would probably extend in one piece through each face of the building . But in a stone construction this could not take place , even had blocks of such dimensions been procurable , and had mechanical means been at hand to place ...
... columns , would probably extend in one piece through each face of the building . But in a stone construction this could not take place , even had blocks of such dimensions been procurable , and had mechanical means been at hand to place ...
Page 61
... columns , and were not acquainted with their proportions , nor the mode in which they should be adjusted , so as to be both adapted to the reception of the superin- cumbent weight , and to have a beautiful effect , they measured a man's ...
... columns , and were not acquainted with their proportions , nor the mode in which they should be adjusted , so as to be both adapted to the reception of the superin- cumbent weight , and to have a beautiful effect , they measured a man's ...
Page 63
... column , expressed in terms of its lower diameter ; the fourth column shows the height of the entablature in terms of the diameter of the column ; the fifth column gives the distance between the columns in the same terms ; and the sixth ...
... column , expressed in terms of its lower diameter ; the fourth column shows the height of the entablature in terms of the diameter of the column ; the fifth column gives the distance between the columns in the same terms ; and the sixth ...
Page 64
... columns at the angles exceed in diameter the intermediate ones by one forty - fourth and one twenty - eighth respectively . . Where , however , the columns were viewed against a dark ground , some artists think that a contrary deception ...
... columns at the angles exceed in diameter the intermediate ones by one forty - fourth and one twenty - eighth respectively . . Where , however , the columns were viewed against a dark ground , some artists think that a contrary deception ...
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