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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... feet long by 45 broad , and had originally 36 columns , of which 25 were standing when visited by Dodwell . The greater part of the statues in the tym- panums of the pediments ( fig . 7 ) , are preserved in the Museum at Munich . Casts ...
... feet long by 45 broad , and had originally 36 columns , of which 25 were standing when visited by Dodwell . The greater part of the statues in the tym- panums of the pediments ( fig . 7 ) , are preserved in the Museum at Munich . Casts ...
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... feet 2 inches in diameter at the base , and 34 feet high . The total height to the top of the pediment was 65 feet , and the size of the area enclosed was 233 feet by 102 . The tympanum of the eastern pediment was filled with a. 32 ...
... feet 2 inches in diameter at the base , and 34 feet high . The total height to the top of the pediment was 65 feet , and the size of the area enclosed was 233 feet by 102 . The tympanum of the eastern pediment was filled with a. 32 ...
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... feet across from cheek to cheek— dimensions larger than those of the Egyptian Mem- non in the British Museum . ' * Diodorus states that it was 360 feet long , 60 feet broad , and 120 feet high ; but from comparison with other temples ...
... feet across from cheek to cheek— dimensions larger than those of the Egyptian Mem- non in the British Museum . ' * Diodorus states that it was 360 feet long , 60 feet broad , and 120 feet high ; but from comparison with other temples ...
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... feet instead of 60 , and an ex- amination of the ruin justifies this correction . It is fairly inferred that the principal entrance was at the west end . But the building was never com- pleted , for when the Agrigentines were about to ...
... feet instead of 60 , and an ex- amination of the ruin justifies this correction . It is fairly inferred that the principal entrance was at the west end . But the building was never com- pleted , for when the Agrigentines were about to ...
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... feet , and the breadth 220 ; the columns were 127 in number , each being 60 feet in height , and the blocks of marble com- posing the architrave 30 feet in length , and neces- sarily of a corresponding thickness . This remark- able ...
... feet , and the breadth 220 ; the columns were 127 in number , each being 60 feet in height , and the blocks of marble com- posing the architrave 30 feet in length , and neces- sarily of a corresponding thickness . This remark- able ...
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