An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... colours ; each has a fountain in front . The palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square intersected by canals , and Towards planted with trees . tance glass . to the garden is an open saloon ...
... colours ; each has a fountain in front . The palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square intersected by canals , and Towards planted with trees . tance glass . to the garden is an open saloon ...
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... colour- ing , or composition , is not better than that of their sculpture . ( See an example in fig . 65. ) Yet in both these arts , from the precision with which they are cut and the uniformity of line and pro- portion they exhibit , a ...
... colour- ing , or composition , is not better than that of their sculpture . ( See an example in fig . 65. ) Yet in both these arts , from the precision with which they are cut and the uniformity of line and pro- portion they exhibit , a ...
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... coloured roofs , compared by their poets to the rainbow , - their porticoes , diapered with variegated tints , the varnish lavished on their buildings , - the keeping of this species of decoration with the light forms of the buildings ...
... coloured roofs , compared by their poets to the rainbow , - their porticoes , diapered with variegated tints , the varnish lavished on their buildings , - the keeping of this species of decoration with the light forms of the buildings ...
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... colour , which is darker , and in weight . The author does not tell us whether it is employed for columns . The tse - lau , also called mo - yâng , or king of woods , resembles what we call rosewood ; but its use is confined chiefly to ...
... colour , which is darker , and in weight . The author does not tell us whether it is employed for columns . The tse - lau , also called mo - yâng , or king of woods , resembles what we call rosewood ; but its use is confined chiefly to ...
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... colours . 117. The capital of Mexico , reconstructed by the Spaniards , is undoubtedly one of the finest cities ever ... coloured tiles are used . The stones are a porous amygdaloid called tetzontli , and a porphyry of vitreous feld ...
... colours . 117. The capital of Mexico , reconstructed by the Spaniards , is undoubtedly one of the finest cities ever ... coloured tiles are used . The stones are a porous amygdaloid called tetzontli , and a porphyry of vitreous feld ...
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