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... orders order The Parthenon order - atides - Forms of temples - Mode of lighting - Municipal archi- tecture Theatres 249 255 Doric Ionic II . HELLENIC GREECE - History of the orders 262 Corinthian order - Cary- - BOOK VII . - ROMAN ...
... orders order The Parthenon order - atides - Forms of temples - Mode of lighting - Municipal archi- tecture Theatres 249 255 Doric Ionic II . HELLENIC GREECE - History of the orders 262 Corinthian order - Cary- - BOOK VII . - ROMAN ...
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... Ionic order of Erechtheium at Athens 271 209. Order of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates 255. Plan of Trajan's Basilica at Rome 318 256. Section of Trajan's Basilica 257. Plan of Basilica of Maxentius 258. Longitudinal Section of ...
... Ionic order of Erechtheium at Athens 271 209. Order of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates 255. Plan of Trajan's Basilica at Rome 318 256. Section of Trajan's Basilica 257. Plan of Basilica of Maxentius 258. Longitudinal Section of ...
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... Ionic order , is more nearly perfect than any other known . The Romans made a step further towards a more direct imitation of nature in their employment of the acanthus leaf . As applied to a capital , or where the constructive form of ...
... Ionic order , is more nearly perfect than any other known . The Romans made a step further towards a more direct imitation of nature in their employment of the acanthus leaf . As applied to a capital , or where the constructive form of ...
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... Ionic order , from the Assyrians , with whom the employment of caryatides and animal forms was the rule , not the exception , in contra- distinction from the Egyptians , who never adopted this practice . ' Even the Romans avoided this ...
... Ionic order , from the Assyrians , with whom the employment of caryatides and animal forms was the rule , not the exception , in contra- distinction from the Egyptians , who never adopted this practice . ' Even the Romans avoided this ...
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... Ionic order . It is very interesting to meet with it also on the earliest known monu- ment of Buddhist art . The ... columns there , as to leave no doubt of their common origin . duck . From a drawing by It is almost certain that these ...
... Ionic order . It is very interesting to meet with it also on the earliest known monu- ment of Buddhist art . The ... columns there , as to leave no doubt of their common origin . duck . From a drawing by It is almost certain that these ...
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ancient appearance arch architects architecture arrangement Assyria base beauty belong Buddhist building built called capital carried Cathedral caves cells central centre century certainly Church columns complete consequently considerable consists construction copied court covered described dimensions dome doubt drawing effect elegance erected examples exist extent external greater Greeks hall height Hindu illustrations important India instance interesting Italy king known latter least less light materials means mode monuments mosque nearly never object original ornament painted palace perfect perhaps period pillars plain Plan possess present principal probably pyramid race religion remains remarkable represented Roman roof ruins Scale sculpture seems seen side similar smaller square stands stone stories style surrounded temple tombs topes tower trace true upper usual View walls whole woodcut
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Seite 184 - And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
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Seite 428 - As it is. no words can express the chastened beauty of that central chamber, seen in the soft gloom of the subdued light that reaches it through the distant and half-closed openings that surround it.
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Seite 74 - ... alike — the grace with which they are arranged, the tasteful admixture of domes of different heights with flat ceilings, and the mode in which the light is introduced, combine to produce an excellent effect. Indeed, I know of no other building in India, of the same class, that leaves so pleasing an impression, or affords so many hints for the graceful arrangement of columns in an interior.
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Seite 22 - ... in other examples plain painted surfaces occupy the same space. Above this springs the roof, semicircular in general section, but somewhat stilted at the sides, so as to make its height greater than the semi-diameter. It is ornamented even at this day by a series of wooden ribs...
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