An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... employed as the medium of uniting masonry . They were both , doubtless , the invention of that race which we have mentioned as cultivators of land , to whom is due the introduction of architecture , properly so called . To them solid ...
... employed as the medium of uniting masonry . They were both , doubtless , the invention of that race which we have mentioned as cultivators of land , to whom is due the introduction of architecture , properly so called . To them solid ...
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... employed was that of the date tree , posts of which were used in their domestic architecture , round which , says Strabo , they twist reeds and apply a coat of paint to them . Thickness of wall was obtained by casing rubble work with ...
... employed was that of the date tree , posts of which were used in their domestic architecture , round which , says Strabo , they twist reeds and apply a coat of paint to them . Thickness of wall was obtained by casing rubble work with ...
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... employed on the temple worked in the same style as those of Egypt . 53. The house of the forest of Lebanon was larger than the temple , having been 100 cubits in length , by 50 in breadth ; it also had a portico , and from the ...
... employed on the temple worked in the same style as those of Egypt . 53. The house of the forest of Lebanon was larger than the temple , having been 100 cubits in length , by 50 in breadth ; it also had a portico , and from the ...
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... employed , soon acquired an authority from which no individual would dare to deviate by an improve- ment of the forms under which it had appeared . Plato observes , that no change took place in painting among the Egyptians ; but that it ...
... employed , soon acquired an authority from which no individual would dare to deviate by an improve- ment of the forms under which it had appeared . Plato observes , that no change took place in painting among the Egyptians ; but that it ...
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... employed , in which is displayed a prodigality unap- proached by any other nation . This , however , was induced by the ne- cessity for employing blocks of stone for the ceilings or roofs . The greatest irregularity occurring in any of ...
... employed , in which is displayed a prodigality unap- proached by any other nation . This , however , was induced by the ne- cessity for employing blocks of stone for the ceilings or roofs . The greatest irregularity occurring in any of ...
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