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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... fabrics of ancient Greece , ruins of many of which are still in existence , exhibit in their decay more plainly than ever the principle of the wooden uprights or trunks of trees with B 2 Early History of Architecture . 3.
... fabrics of ancient Greece , ruins of many of which are still in existence , exhibit in their decay more plainly than ever the principle of the wooden uprights or trunks of trees with B 2 Early History of Architecture . 3.
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... exhibit a perfection of form never surpassed by human skill . Under the constructive principle of the ARCH a totally different system is adopted , the connexion between the two upright bodies or piers being effected by a series of ...
... exhibit a perfection of form never surpassed by human skill . Under the constructive principle of the ARCH a totally different system is adopted , the connexion between the two upright bodies or piers being effected by a series of ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... exhibit a base in addition . Pilasters are often used in Greek buildings ; they consist of flat surfaces slightly projecting from the wall , and diminishing slightly as they rise , and have a capital entirely different from those of the ...
... exhibit a base in addition . Pilasters are often used in Greek buildings ; they consist of flat surfaces slightly projecting from the wall , and diminishing slightly as they rise , and have a capital entirely different from those of the ...
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... exhibit a musical or theatrical entertainment , in which the boys of the tribe of Akamantis obtained the victory , and that in memory of their victory this FIG . 23 . TOWER OF ANDRONICUS CYRRHESTES ; OR , TEMPLE OF THE WINDS AT ATHENS ...
... exhibit a musical or theatrical entertainment , in which the boys of the tribe of Akamantis obtained the victory , and that in memory of their victory this FIG . 23 . TOWER OF ANDRONICUS CYRRHESTES ; OR , TEMPLE OF THE WINDS AT ATHENS ...
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