An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 45
... 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 Account of ...
... 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 Account of ...
Page 53
... effect of richness which all agree is very striking . They were most probably procured from the Roman ruins of the city . It is impossible to pass over the description of this mosque without calling to mind the resemblance it bears in ...
... effect of richness which all agree is very striking . They were most probably procured from the Roman ruins of the city . It is impossible to pass over the description of this mosque without calling to mind the resemblance it bears in ...
Page 61
... effect , they measured a man's height by the length of the foot , which they found to be a sixth part thereof , and thence deduced the proportions of their columns . Thus the Doric order borrowed its proportion , strength , and beauty ...
... effect , they measured a man's height by the length of the foot , which they found to be a sixth part thereof , and thence deduced the proportions of their columns . Thus the Doric order borrowed its proportion , strength , and beauty ...
Page 139
... effect of a faƧade , will be abandoned for the better plan of obtaining an imposing effect from the simplicity and arrangement of the necessary parts . We must , however , return to Bramante , whose other employment we pass over to come ...
... effect of a faƧade , will be abandoned for the better plan of obtaining an imposing effect from the simplicity and arrangement of the necessary parts . We must , however , return to Bramante , whose other employment we pass over to come ...
Page 142
... effect of the church . " There are , " says De Quincy , " in the method of judging of works of archi- tecture , so many different points of view from which they may be judged , that it is quite possible to approve of even contrary ...
... effect of the church . " There are , " says De Quincy , " in the method of judging of works of archi- tecture , so many different points of view from which they may be judged , that it is quite possible to approve of even contrary ...
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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