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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... cannot be paid by a nation to its ad- vancement , or to the erection of noble buildings , during the havoc and exhaustion of war . Architecture is the noblest of the arts , as press- B ing all other arts into its service , for those.
... cannot be paid by a nation to its ad- vancement , or to the erection of noble buildings , during the havoc and exhaustion of war . Architecture is the noblest of the arts , as press- B ing all other arts into its service , for those.
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... erected . But we yet find there the principle of the entablature , corresponding with its use by the Cyclopean and Egyptian builders , and in later works we see similar attempts to achieve vaulted chambers by. PART OF THE WALLS OF TIRYNS ...
... erected . But we yet find there the principle of the entablature , corresponding with its use by the Cyclopean and Egyptian builders , and in later works we see similar attempts to achieve vaulted chambers by. PART OF THE WALLS OF TIRYNS ...
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... who consequently employed timber to a large extent , had its origin in the wooden hut , though each exhibits the principle of the entablature . Tradition ascribes the erection of the ancient cromlechs , which I 2 Manual of Architecture .
... who consequently employed timber to a large extent , had its origin in the wooden hut , though each exhibits the principle of the entablature . Tradition ascribes the erection of the ancient cromlechs , which I 2 Manual of Architecture .
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... erection of the ancient cromlechs , which are to be found in Greece as in other countries , to an imaginary people called the Cyclopes or to the Pelasgian races ; but beyond the fact that those buildings are very ancient , all specu ...
... erection of the ancient cromlechs , which are to be found in Greece as in other countries , to an imaginary people called the Cyclopes or to the Pelasgian races ; but beyond the fact that those buildings are very ancient , all specu ...
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... erected in the sixth century B.C. The Temple of Zeus ( Jupiter ) and Athena ( Minerva ) at Ægina ( fig . 9 ) , built about 500 B.C. , was a small but very ancient example of this order . It was only 90 feet long by 45 broad , and had ...
... erected in the sixth century B.C. The Temple of Zeus ( Jupiter ) and Athena ( Minerva ) at Ægina ( fig . 9 ) , built about 500 B.C. , was a small but very ancient example of this order . It was only 90 feet long by 45 broad , and had ...
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