An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 48
... observed an arrangement of the bricks for the purpose of diminishing the pressure on the roof , by the sailing over of the bricks horizontally . The area on the top contains 3500 square yards , and was occupied by the Temple of Quetzal ...
... observed an arrangement of the bricks for the purpose of diminishing the pressure on the roof , by the sailing over of the bricks horizontally . The area on the top contains 3500 square yards , and was occupied by the Temple of Quetzal ...
Page 67
... observed in any . The length , for instance , of the temple of Jupiter , at Selinus , is to the breadth as 2.05 to 1 ; in the temple of Theseus , as 2.3 to 1 ; and from the mean of six examples of the Doric order , selected in Greece ...
... observed in any . The length , for instance , of the temple of Jupiter , at Selinus , is to the breadth as 2.05 to 1 ; in the temple of Theseus , as 2.3 to 1 ; and from the mean of six examples of the Doric order , selected in Greece ...
Page 76
... observed , that the city , when rebuilt , was even less regular than in the time of Romulus ; and though in the time of Augustus , when Rome had become the capital of the world , the temples , palaces , and private houses were more ...
... observed , that the city , when rebuilt , was even less regular than in the time of Romulus ; and though in the time of Augustus , when Rome had become the capital of the world , the temples , palaces , and private houses were more ...
Page 89
... observed , that the fora of the Romans were of two sorts : Fora Civilia and Fora Venalia ; the former whereof were designed as well with the object of ornamenting the cities in which they were erected , as for admitting a site for the ...
... observed , that the fora of the Romans were of two sorts : Fora Civilia and Fora Venalia ; the former whereof were designed as well with the object of ornamenting the cities in which they were erected , as for admitting a site for the ...
Page 104
... observed , that no future occasion can ever again effectually call up , -all the admiration of the numberless monu- ments of the Romans is based upon false data , and we are not among those who feel inclined to set ourselves up against ...
... observed , that no future occasion can ever again effectually call up , -all the admiration of the numberless monu- ments of the Romans is based upon false data , and we are not among those who feel inclined to set ourselves up against ...
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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