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 pagina's |
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Pagina 62
... the entablature and column became more and more a decorative feature , often presenting the appearance of being added on to the building for mere ornament after the structure itself was finished 62 Manual of Architecture .
... the entablature and column became more and more a decorative feature , often presenting the appearance of being added on to the building for mere ornament after the structure itself was finished 62 Manual of Architecture .
Pagina 65
... appearance on all four sides , spoilt it entirely . The Doric and Ionic forms wanted no improvement , and those orders admitted of no further develop- ment . They had already reached completion in the hands of the Greeks before being ...
... appearance on all four sides , spoilt it entirely . The Doric and Ionic forms wanted no improvement , and those orders admitted of no further develop- ment . They had already reached completion in the hands of the Greeks before being ...
Pagina 67
... appearance of a stone quarry blocks of stone of immense . size lie about , one 70 feet long by 14 feet thick . But no ancient writer mentions the buildings at Baal - bec ; and judging from the remains of many of the capitals , which are ...
... appearance of a stone quarry blocks of stone of immense . size lie about , one 70 feet long by 14 feet thick . But no ancient writer mentions the buildings at Baal - bec ; and judging from the remains of many of the capitals , which are ...
Pagina 76
... appearance as when they received their last finishing touch , ex- hibiting All that to Roman strength the softer touch Of Grecian art could join , the detail is richer and more pretentious than the Greek , but is entirely wanting in the ...
... appearance as when they received their last finishing touch , ex- hibiting All that to Roman strength the softer touch Of Grecian art could join , the detail is richer and more pretentious than the Greek , but is entirely wanting in the ...
Pagina 87
... appearance , were it not for the national , but modern , English prejudice that church decoration and the use of colour in churches are connected in some way with insidious attempts to introduce . the tenets of a corrupt faith - a ...
... appearance , were it not for the national , but modern , English prejudice that church decoration and the use of colour in churches are connected in some way with insidious attempts to introduce . the tenets of a corrupt faith - a ...
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