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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... columns , so important a feature in Greek architecture , could not possibly have been derived from piers or isolated masses of wall . They re- present the trunks of trees , which , driven into the ground , were the main supports of the ...
... columns , so important a feature in Greek architecture , could not possibly have been derived from piers or isolated masses of wall . They re- present the trunks of trees , which , driven into the ground , were the main supports of the ...
Pagina 15
... columns , and the principles of their arts , more especially that of architecture , were framed upon a thorough know ... column or the width of a triglyph is known , it is often possible to calculate the size and proportions of an entire ...
... columns , and the principles of their arts , more especially that of architecture , were framed upon a thorough know ... column or the width of a triglyph is known , it is often possible to calculate the size and proportions of an entire ...
Pagina 16
... height in their buildings . Hence it is that Greek architecture may be described as faultlessly elegant and beautiful rather than ma- jestic or grand . As the column and entablature form so im- portant a 16 Manual of Architecture .
... height in their buildings . Hence it is that Greek architecture may be described as faultlessly elegant and beautiful rather than ma- jestic or grand . As the column and entablature form so im- portant a 16 Manual of Architecture .
Pagina 17
... column and entab- lature . The column consists of the shaft and capital , and the entablature consists of the archi- с trave , frieze , and cornice . The columns of. PROFILE FROM THE PARTHENON AT ATHENS . FIG . 10. TEMPLE OF THESEUS ...
... column and entab- lature . The column consists of the shaft and capital , and the entablature consists of the archi- с trave , frieze , and cornice . The columns of. PROFILE FROM THE PARTHENON AT ATHENS . FIG . 10. TEMPLE OF THESEUS ...
Pagina 18
... columns . Colonnades , or ranges of columns , were gene- rally used both in front of and surrounding a temple . In describing a temple a name is usually prefixed , signifying the number of columns em- ployed , and the arrangement in ...
... columns . Colonnades , or ranges of columns , were gene- rally used both in front of and surrounding a temple . In describing a temple a name is usually prefixed , signifying the number of columns em- ployed , and the arrangement in ...
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