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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... period of their erec- tion , or of the people by whom they were inhabited , or the calamity that caused their desertion , we know 11111 FIG . 4 . nothing , and assuredly they were far beyond the reach of any European influence at the ...
... period of their erec- tion , or of the people by whom they were inhabited , or the calamity that caused their desertion , we know 11111 FIG . 4 . nothing , and assuredly they were far beyond the reach of any European influence at the ...
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... . The magnificent temple of Pallas Athena , the pride and glory of the city of Athens , was also of this order , and was built during the best period of Greek architecture , to replace a previous temple of rather Greek Architecture . 31.
... . The magnificent temple of Pallas Athena , the pride and glory of the city of Athens , was also of this order , and was built during the best period of Greek architecture , to replace a previous temple of rather Greek Architecture . 31.
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... period , had not man's mischievous hands commenced its ruin . Even in its present ruinous . state this impressive building fills the mind of the beholder with admiration and amazement . is stated in Stuart and Revett's Athens ' that the ...
... period , had not man's mischievous hands commenced its ruin . Even in its present ruinous . state this impressive building fills the mind of the beholder with admiration and amazement . is stated in Stuart and Revett's Athens ' that the ...
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... frescoed and painted decorations which are supposed to have been largely used in the later periods of Greek art are taken into consideration . Till very recently it was denied that the Greeks used colour , but the Greek Architecture . 37.
... frescoed and painted decorations which are supposed to have been largely used in the later periods of Greek art are taken into consideration . Till very recently it was denied that the Greeks used colour , but the Greek Architecture . 37.
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... period not yet ascertained . * Colour appears to have been largely used , the carved work being often picked out with gold , and the groundwork painted with bright contrasting colours . Even parts of the pure white marble of the ...
... period not yet ascertained . * Colour appears to have been largely used , the carved work being often picked out with gold , and the groundwork painted with bright contrasting colours . Even parts of the pure white marble of the ...
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