An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... example . They were placed on plinths facing one another , and about ten feet apart . Examples of lions also occur . The form of the Egyptian obelisks is too well known to need a description here . They have been alleged to be monuments ...
... example . They were placed on plinths facing one another , and about ten feet apart . Examples of lions also occur . The form of the Egyptian obelisks is too well known to need a description here . They have been alleged to be monuments ...
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... example of Grecian military architecture in their towers and gates . At no distant time from the age in ques- tion the portico of Philip of Macedon , at least his name is inscribed on it , shows that the Doric order had undergone a ...
... example of Grecian military architecture in their towers and gates . At no distant time from the age in ques- tion the portico of Philip of Macedon , at least his name is inscribed on it , shows that the Doric order had undergone a ...
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... examples they descend into the apophyge of the shaft . 158. The tomb of Theron , at Agrigentum , in which Ionic columns and capitals are crowned with a Doric entablature , has , by some , been quoted as an example of the Ionic order ...
... examples they descend into the apophyge of the shaft . 158. The tomb of Theron , at Agrigentum , in which Ionic columns and capitals are crowned with a Doric entablature , has , by some , been quoted as an example of the Ionic order ...
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... examples just noticed the leaves are those of the olive , a tree sacred to the tutelary goddess of Athens , and on that ... example , though in that the figures do not absolutely carry the entablature ( see fig . 71. ) . In India many in ...
... examples just noticed the leaves are those of the olive , a tree sacred to the tutelary goddess of Athens , and on that ... example , though in that the figures do not absolutely carry the entablature ( see fig . 71. ) . In India many in ...
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... example , " says Gibbon , " of the sovereign was imitated by his ministers and generals ; and his friend Agrippa left behind him the immortal monument of the Pan- theon . " 191. Under Tiberius and Caligula architecture seems to have ...
... example , " says Gibbon , " of the sovereign was imitated by his ministers and generals ; and his friend Agrippa left behind him the immortal monument of the Pan- theon . " 191. Under Tiberius and Caligula architecture seems to have ...
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