An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 53
... style greatly improvea in elegance . It lasted till the close of the thirteenth century , just before which time was founded the royal palace and fortress of the Alhambra , at Granada ( fig . 83. ) , perhaps the most perfect model of ...
... style greatly improvea in elegance . It lasted till the close of the thirteenth century , just before which time was founded the royal palace and fortress of the Alhambra , at Granada ( fig . 83. ) , perhaps the most perfect model of ...
Page 56
... style at Constantinople , the Moslems will not easily relinquish a style inti- ARABADIL Fig . 89 . mately allied to their habits and religion , a style whereof fig . 89. will convey some idea tc the reader . He is also referred to figs ...
... style at Constantinople , the Moslems will not easily relinquish a style inti- ARABADIL Fig . 89 . mately allied to their habits and religion , a style whereof fig . 89. will convey some idea tc the reader . He is also referred to figs ...
Page 85
... style is inferior to the one above described , yet it is not without beauty , though the cornice is , as compared with it , deficient in effect . ( The de- scription of the different species of temples mentioned by Vitruvius is giren in ...
... style is inferior to the one above described , yet it is not without beauty , though the cornice is , as compared with it , deficient in effect . ( The de- scription of the different species of temples mentioned by Vitruvius is giren in ...
Page 111
... style which then degraded the pro- ductions of the arts . Correct they are as to the epoch of their ruin , which coincided truly enough with the empire of the Goths ; but to this nation they are unjust in attributing the introduction of ...
... style which then degraded the pro- ductions of the arts . Correct they are as to the epoch of their ruin , which coincided truly enough with the empire of the Goths ; but to this nation they are unjust in attributing the introduction of ...
Page 113
... style . Mƶller , from whom we extract fig . 146. which represents the portico of the Convent of Lorsch , situate ... styles , of which all others are grades or combinations . The first , or earliest , whose origin is from the South , is ...
... style . Mƶller , from whom we extract fig . 146. which represents the portico of the Convent of Lorsch , situate ... styles , of which all others are grades or combinations . The first , or earliest , whose origin is from the South , is ...
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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