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... Rome . Two great styles , the Christian and the Saracenic , sprung from the Roman , which was the great transitional style between the ancient and modern world . As the Christian was the earliest born , and the first to die , it might ...
... Rome . Two great styles , the Christian and the Saracenic , sprung from the Roman , which was the great transitional style between the ancient and modern world . As the Christian was the earliest born , and the first to die , it might ...
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... Rome , and has prevailed all over Europe during the last three centuries and a half . It is infinitely inferior to the Gothic , which preceded it , as an artistic form of art , but nearly as important from the size and splendour of the ...
... Rome , and has prevailed all over Europe during the last three centuries and a half . It is infinitely inferior to the Gothic , which preceded it , as an artistic form of art , but nearly as important from the size and splendour of the ...
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... ROME 296 Origin of style - - The arch -- - Orders : III . ROMAN ARCHITECTURE tius Provincial basilicas Theatre at Orange Colosseum Baths of Diocletian .. 317 Provincial amphitheatres V. TRIUMPHAL ARCHES , TOMBS , AND OTHER BUILDINGS ...
... ROME 296 Origin of style - - The arch -- - Orders : III . ROMAN ARCHITECTURE tius Provincial basilicas Theatre at Orange Colosseum Baths of Diocletian .. 317 Provincial amphitheatres V. TRIUMPHAL ARCHES , TOMBS , AND OTHER BUILDINGS ...
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... Rome Basilica of St. Peter - St. Paul's Basilicas at Ravenna - Piacenza Florence Cathe- dral of Pisa - Torcello 481 .. 500 III . LATER ROMANESQUE CHAP . PAGE IV . CIRCULAR CHURCHES Tomb of Sta . Costanza - Churches at Pe- rugia , Nocera ...
... Rome Basilica of St. Peter - St. Paul's Basilicas at Ravenna - Piacenza Florence Cathe- dral of Pisa - Torcello 481 .. 500 III . LATER ROMANESQUE CHAP . PAGE IV . CIRCULAR CHURCHES Tomb of Sta . Costanza - Churches at Pe- rugia , Nocera ...
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... East Palace at Nimroud .. 253 192. Arch of the Cloaca Maxima , Rome 253 193. Arches in the Pyramids at Meroë 254 194. West View of the Acropolis re- stored 255 NO . PAGE NO . PAGE 195. Section and Plan LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . xvii.
... East Palace at Nimroud .. 253 192. Arch of the Cloaca Maxima , Rome 253 193. Arches in the Pyramids at Meroë 254 194. West View of the Acropolis re- stored 255 NO . PAGE NO . PAGE 195. Section and Plan LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . xvii.
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