An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... ornament and costume - processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad , with a slight variation of folds in the ... ornaments of pure gold . This , and the minarets that flank it , are now falling into decay . The other sides of the ...
... ornament and costume - processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad , with a slight variation of folds in the ... ornaments of pure gold . This , and the minarets that flank it , are now falling into decay . The other sides of the ...
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... ornaments which in Grecian architecture are so well applied and balanced , seem more the work of chance than of consideration . We here insert an external view of the temple at this place ( fig . 44. ) . The essential differences ...
... ornaments which in Grecian architecture are so well applied and balanced , seem more the work of chance than of consideration . We here insert an external view of the temple at this place ( fig . 44. ) . The essential differences ...
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... ornament , and moreover fashioned into bundles , seems to have been the type of some of the species of their columns . In their entablatures and elsewhere , animals of all sorts occasionally find a place as ornaments , even down to ...
... ornament , and moreover fashioned into bundles , seems to have been the type of some of the species of their columns . In their entablatures and elsewhere , animals of all sorts occasionally find a place as ornaments , even down to ...
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... ornaments . 104. It is said that there are 10,000 miao , or idol temples in Pekin and its environs . Some of these are of considerable size , others are more distinguished for their beauty ; there is , however , no sufficient account of ...
... ornaments . 104. It is said that there are 10,000 miao , or idol temples in Pekin and its environs . Some of these are of considerable size , others are more distinguished for their beauty ; there is , however , no sufficient account of ...
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... ornaments of similar character ( fig . 79. ) . But the most singular ORNAMENTS AT THE PALACE OF MITIA . feature in these ruins , as com- pared with other Mexican architecture , was the discovery of six porphyry columns , placed for the ...
... ornaments of similar character ( fig . 79. ) . But the most singular ORNAMENTS AT THE PALACE OF MITIA . feature in these ruins , as com- pared with other Mexican architecture , was the discovery of six porphyry columns , placed for the ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal houses inches inclined intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rafters rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Rome roof sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls weight whereof width wood