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... painted upon it , or of the marble by the figure that may be carved out of it . The fact is that architecture is in its origin as essentially a useful art as weaving or shipbuilding , but almost alone of all her sister - arts it is the ...
... painted upon it , or of the marble by the figure that may be carved out of it . The fact is that architecture is in its origin as essentially a useful art as weaving or shipbuilding , but almost alone of all her sister - arts it is the ...
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... painted or other decorations to any extent . Wood should only be used externally on the smallest and least monumental class of buildings , and even internally is generally infe- rior to plaster . It is dark in colour , liable to warp ...
... painted or other decorations to any extent . Wood should only be used externally on the smallest and least monumental class of buildings , and even internally is generally infe- rior to plaster . It is dark in colour , liable to warp ...
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... painted glass divided by mullions . This could only be effected either by encumbering the floor of the church with piers of inconvenient thickness or by a system of buttressing outside . The latter was the expedient adopted ; but ...
... painted glass divided by mullions . This could only be effected either by encumbering the floor of the church with piers of inconvenient thickness or by a system of buttressing outside . The latter was the expedient adopted ; but ...
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... painted their temples both internally and externally , but as a general rule they always placed them on heights where they could only be seen relieved against the sky ; and they could depend on an atmosphere of uniform , unvarying ...
... painted their temples both internally and externally , but as a general rule they always placed them on heights where they could only be seen relieved against the sky ; and they could depend on an atmosphere of uniform , unvarying ...
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... painted glass , which was a mode of colouring more brilliant than had been ever before attempted . They went beyond all previous efforts , inasmuch as they coloured not only the objects themselves , but also the light in which they were ...
... painted glass , which was a mode of colouring more brilliant than had been ever before attempted . They went beyond all previous efforts , inasmuch as they coloured not only the objects themselves , but also the light in which they were ...
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