A Rudimentary Manual of Architecture: Being a History and Explanation of the Principal Styles of European Architecture, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Renaissance, with Their Chief Variations Described and Illustrated; to which is Appended a Glossary of Technical TermsLongmans, Green, 1870 - 304 páginas |
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... Rome 36. Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus 38. Arcade , Court of the Lions , Alhambra 37. Amphitheatre at Pola . 39 . Recess in Barnack Church 40 . Tower of Earls Barton Church 4I . PAGE 62 • 63 64 64 66 68 · 70 71 • 72 73 75 91 99 ...
... Rome 36. Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus 38. Arcade , Court of the Lions , Alhambra 37. Amphitheatre at Pola . 39 . Recess in Barnack Church 40 . Tower of Earls Barton Church 4I . PAGE 62 • 63 64 64 66 68 · 70 71 • 72 73 75 91 99 ...
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... According to Strabo the finest works of art that adorned Rome in his time had been brought from Corinth , Delphi , and other Greek cities . As the two buildings just mentioned form such very interesting 46 Manual of Architecture .
... According to Strabo the finest works of art that adorned Rome in his time had been brought from Corinth , Delphi , and other Greek cities . As the two buildings just mentioned form such very interesting 46 Manual of Architecture .
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... Rome was now mistress of the world , it is there that the further advancement of this art must be sought . FIG 25- STATUE OF THESEUS . ( From the Eastern Pediment of the Parthenon , now in British Museum . ) CHAPTER III . ROMAN ...
... Rome was now mistress of the world , it is there that the further advancement of this art must be sought . FIG 25- STATUE OF THESEUS . ( From the Eastern Pediment of the Parthenon , now in British Museum . ) CHAPTER III . ROMAN ...
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... Rome took place . ' Whatever may be the value of the opinions which ascribe the invention of the arch to the Etruscans , it is certain that they were the first who made a regular and systematic use of it , and adopted it as a ...
... Rome took place . ' Whatever may be the value of the opinions which ascribe the invention of the arch to the Etruscans , it is certain that they were the first who made a regular and systematic use of it , and adopted it as a ...
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... Rome became practically the mistress of the world . Artists from every country were attracted thither in hopes of obtaining a wider field for their genius and skill , and the political conquest of the Greeks by the Romans led , in art ...
... Rome became practically the mistress of the world . Artists from every country were attracted thither in hopes of obtaining a wider field for their genius and skill , and the political conquest of the Greeks by the Romans led , in art ...
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