An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 44
... employed for columns . The tse - lau , also called mo - wƻng , or king of woods , resembles what we call rosewood ; but its use is confined chiefly to articles of fur- niture . The tchou - tse , or bamboo , grows to a g eat height in ...
... employed for columns . The tse - lau , also called mo - wƻng , or king of woods , resembles what we call rosewood ; but its use is confined chiefly to articles of fur- niture . The tchou - tse , or bamboo , grows to a g eat height in ...
Page 51
... employed by the founder : his liberal taste invited the artists of Constantinople , the most skilful sculptors and architects of the age ; and the buildings were sustained by twelve hundred columns of Spanish and African , of Greek and ...
... employed by the founder : his liberal taste invited the artists of Constantinople , the most skilful sculptors and architects of the age ; and the buildings were sustained by twelve hundred columns of Spanish and African , of Greek and ...
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... employed , it was covered with a coating of stucco . In their constructive com- binations there is nothing to surprise . The domes which crown their apartments are neither lofty nor large in diameter , neither do they exhibit ...
... employed , it was covered with a coating of stucco . In their constructive com- binations there is nothing to surprise . The domes which crown their apartments are neither lofty nor large in diameter , neither do they exhibit ...
Page 55
... employed ornament impart to the interior masses of their apartments the appearance of a congeries of painting , incrustation , mosaic , gilding , and foliage ; and this was probably much augmented by the Mahometan law , which excluded ...
... employed ornament impart to the interior masses of their apartments the appearance of a congeries of painting , incrustation , mosaic , gilding , and foliage ; and this was probably much augmented by the Mahometan law , which excluded ...
Page 60
... employed by Homer . The Jewish law required ( Deut . xxii . 8. ) the terraces on the tops of their houses to be protected by a battlement ; and , indeed , for want of a railing ( Odyss . K. 552. et seq . ) of this sort , Elpenor , one ...
... employed by Homer . The Jewish law required ( Deut . xxii . 8. ) the terraces on the tops of their houses to be protected by a battlement ; and , indeed , for want of a railing ( Odyss . K. 552. et seq . ) of this sort , Elpenor , one ...
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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