An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... proportion , however , to the pro- gress of the country in opulence and refinement , their sacred buildings became highly ornamented , and must be considered as monuments exhibiting a high de- gree of civilisation of the people by whom ...
... proportion , however , to the pro- gress of the country in opulence and refinement , their sacred buildings became highly ornamented , and must be considered as monuments exhibiting a high de- gree of civilisation of the people by whom ...
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... proportion , upon the pre- servation of character , and in various other respects . Nature , in one sense , is the model upon which architecture is founded ; not as a subject of imitation , but as presenting for imitation principles of ...
... proportion , upon the pre- servation of character , and in various other respects . Nature , in one sense , is the model upon which architecture is founded ; not as a subject of imitation , but as presenting for imitation principles of ...
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... proportions of their columns . Thus the Doric order borrowed its proportion , strength , and beauty from the human figure . On similar principles , they afterwards built the temple of Diana ; but in this , from a desire of varying the ...
... proportions of their columns . Thus the Doric order borrowed its proportion , strength , and beauty from the human figure . On similar principles , they afterwards built the temple of Diana ; but in this , from a desire of varying the ...
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... proportions . This portico must have been erected about 338 B.C. , and after it the Ionic order seems to have been more ... proportion became nearly in the ratio of 2.3 to 1 . The simplicity which flowed from these arrangements in the ...
... proportions . This portico must have been erected about 338 B.C. , and after it the Ionic order seems to have been more ... proportion became nearly in the ratio of 2.3 to 1 . The simplicity which flowed from these arrangements in the ...
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... proportion seems to have been unappreciated in these ages , and architecture was confined within a servile imi- tation of the earlier forms , the art of compounding cement , the proper selection of build- ing materials , and an intimate ...
... proportion seems to have been unappreciated in these ages , and architecture was confined within a servile imi- tation of the earlier forms , the art of compounding cement , the proper selection of build- ing materials , and an intimate ...
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