An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 43
... respect to its principles , character , and taste ; secondly , with respect to its buildings , their parts , and the method of construction adopted in them . 94. ( 1. ) To judge of the arts of a people , we ought to be acquainted with ...
... respect to its principles , character , and taste ; secondly , with respect to its buildings , their parts , and the method of construction adopted in them . 94. ( 1. ) To judge of the arts of a people , we ought to be acquainted with ...
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... respect , they exhibit a fertility of invention , and produce beautiful abstract combinations quite in character with the general forms . Indeed , the parts of their architecture are in harmony with each other . All is based upon ...
... respect , they exhibit a fertility of invention , and produce beautiful abstract combinations quite in character with the general forms . Indeed , the parts of their architecture are in harmony with each other . All is based upon ...
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... respect of con- struction , from the impossibility of gaining resistance to thrust at the abutments . In masonry , such arches could not be executed on a large scale . In brick arches , however , the surface of the cement is so ...
... respect of con- struction , from the impossibility of gaining resistance to thrust at the abutments . In masonry , such arches could not be executed on a large scale . In brick arches , however , the surface of the cement is so ...
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... respect to the Doric order , which we think will be better given here than in the third book , where we propose to treat of the orders more fully ; and these consist in the great differences which are found in its proportions and parts ...
... respect to the Doric order , which we think will be better given here than in the third book , where we propose to treat of the orders more fully ; and these consist in the great differences which are found in its proportions and parts ...
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... respect to them , we can only , from circumstances connected with the island , reason on the dates to be assigned to them . The founding of the city of Selinus or Selinuns , on the south - west coast of the island , has usually been ...
... respect to them , we can only , from circumstances connected with the island , reason on the dates to be assigned to them . The founding of the city of Selinus or Selinuns , on the south - west coast of the island , has usually been ...
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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