An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... Hence it is that architecture , in its origin , took the varied forms which have impressed it with such singular differences in different countries ; differences which , though modified as each country advanced in civilisa- tion , were ...
... Hence it is that architecture , in its origin , took the varied forms which have impressed it with such singular differences in different countries ; differences which , though modified as each country advanced in civilisa- tion , were ...
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... Hence , doubtless , the hut , which most authors have assumed to be the type of Grecian architecture . 4. Authors , says the writer in the Encyc . Methodique , in their search after the origin of architecture , have generally confined ...
... Hence , doubtless , the hut , which most authors have assumed to be the type of Grecian architecture . 4. Authors , says the writer in the Encyc . Methodique , in their search after the origin of architecture , have generally confined ...
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... Hence every thing great and stupendous was called Pelorian ; and , transferring the ideas of the works to the founders , they made them a race of giants . Homer says of Polyphemus , Και γας θαυμ ' ετέτυκτο πελωρίον , ουδε εώκει Ανδρι γε ...
... Hence every thing great and stupendous was called Pelorian ; and , transferring the ideas of the works to the founders , they made them a race of giants . Homer says of Polyphemus , Και γας θαυμ ' ετέτυκτο πελωρίον , ουδε εώκει Ανδρι γε ...
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... Hence it re - ascends towards the centre of the pyramid by a gallery 84 ft . long , 6 ft . high , and 3 ft . 6 in . wide , leading to a chamber also cut out of the solid rock . The chamber is 46 ft . in length , 16 feet wide , and 23 ft ...
... Hence it re - ascends towards the centre of the pyramid by a gallery 84 ft . long , 6 ft . high , and 3 ft . 6 in . wide , leading to a chamber also cut out of the solid rock . The chamber is 46 ft . in length , 16 feet wide , and 23 ft ...
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... hence the ancient Doric is without base . This practice , however , from the premature decay of wood standing immediately on the ground , caused the intervention of a step to receive it , and to protect the lower surface from the damp ...
... hence the ancient Doric is without base . This practice , however , from the premature decay of wood standing immediately on the ground , caused the intervention of a step to receive it , and to protect the lower surface from the damp ...
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