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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... called gates of Mykenai ( Mycena ) ( fig . 2 ) . In the earliest examples stones were used as they were formed by nature , the squarer forms being selected , and the interstices were filled up with smaller pieces ; afterwards , as ...
... called gates of Mykenai ( Mycena ) ( fig . 2 ) . In the earliest examples stones were used as they were formed by nature , the squarer forms being selected , and the interstices were filled up with smaller pieces ; afterwards , as ...
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... called the Cyclopes or to the Pelasgian races ; but beyond the fact that those buildings are very ancient , all specu- lation on the character or origin of their builders is little better than labour lost . There is no doubt that both ...
... called the Cyclopes or to the Pelasgian races ; but beyond the fact that those buildings are very ancient , all specu- lation on the character or origin of their builders is little better than labour lost . There is no doubt that both ...
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... called Tetrastyle , with six columns Hexastyle , with eight columns Octastyle , with ten columns Decastyle , and so on . If the intercolumniation , or space between the columns , is equal to one and a half diameters of the column , it ...
... called Tetrastyle , with six columns Hexastyle , with eight columns Octastyle , with ten columns Decastyle , and so on . If the intercolumniation , or space between the columns , is equal to one and a half diameters of the column , it ...
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... called elliptical or portions of some other conic section , they consist rather of graceful outlines , such as could not be described or drawn by compasses , but require a free hand , guided by a correct eye and keen sense of the ...
... called elliptical or portions of some other conic section , they consist rather of graceful outlines , such as could not be described or drawn by compasses , but require a free hand , guided by a correct eye and keen sense of the ...
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... called the bird's - beak moulding ; it may be described as a cyma , surmounted by an over- hanging ovolo , but will be best understood by the diagram . The flutings of columns do not form perfect semicircles , but are really composed of ...
... called the bird's - beak moulding ; it may be described as a cyma , surmounted by an over- hanging ovolo , but will be best understood by the diagram . The flutings of columns do not form perfect semicircles , but are really composed of ...
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