An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 106
... considered in another portion of the work , was frequently employed by the Roman artists . 264. The invention of the Composite order is attributed , with every probability , to the Romans . It resembles generally the Corinthian , the ...
... considered in another portion of the work , was frequently employed by the Roman artists . 264. The invention of the Composite order is attributed , with every probability , to the Romans . It resembles generally the Corinthian , the ...
Page 126
... considered as an art , was little more than a bar- barous imitation of that of ancient Rome , and in it , all that appears tasteful was , perhaps , more attributable to the symmetry flowing from an acquaintance with geometry , than the ...
... considered as an art , was little more than a bar- barous imitation of that of ancient Rome , and in it , all that appears tasteful was , perhaps , more attributable to the symmetry flowing from an acquaintance with geometry , than the ...
Page 151
... considered of high importance , as in truth it really was . There is no doubt that Scamozzi was much indebted to the works of Palladio , although he affected occasionally to decry them ; but , in opposition to De Quincy , we think that ...
... considered of high importance , as in truth it really was . There is no doubt that Scamozzi was much indebted to the works of Palladio , although he affected occasionally to decry them ; but , in opposition to De Quincy , we think that ...
Page 154
... considered at the time of its erection , and it cannot be denied there is a fine masculine character about it , it is for its purpose in the present age altogether ill adapted for the ob- jects of astronomy . Perrault died in 1688 ...
... considered at the time of its erection , and it cannot be denied there is a fine masculine character about it , it is for its purpose in the present age altogether ill adapted for the ob- jects of astronomy . Perrault died in 1688 ...
Page 158
... considered as the father of good architecture in Germany , where he met the highest patronage and encouragement . Knoblesdorff , who died in 1753 , had , it must be allowed , prepared in some measure the change which was effected ; but ...
... considered as the father of good architecture in Germany , where he met the highest patronage and encouragement . Knoblesdorff , who died in 1753 , had , it must be allowed , prepared in some measure the change which was effected ; but ...
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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 describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet flange front girder Gothic granite half height horizontal inches joints length lime limestone marble material mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sand 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 whereof width wood