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Page vii
... darkness . To Hindoo , Egyptian , or Saracenic architecture I had then given no attention whatever . A work projected by myself would have probably contained no reference to the two former , and regarded the latter only in its relation.
... darkness . To Hindoo , Egyptian , or Saracenic architecture I had then given no attention whatever . A work projected by myself would have probably contained no reference to the two former , and regarded the latter only in its relation.
Page viii
... Egyptian architecture , by far the most important of the ante - Grecian forms , I should have been in great per- plexity , but for the help afforded by the excellent little manual of Egyptian Antiquities which will be found so often ...
... Egyptian architecture , by far the most important of the ante - Grecian forms , I should have been in great per- plexity , but for the help afforded by the excellent little manual of Egyptian Antiquities which will be found so often ...
Page ix
... Egypt , but the other was the only one which I had actually with me , and I found it indeed invaluable . After all I must profess my opinion that researches into these forms of art are of comparatively little value . " The monu- ments ...
... Egypt , but the other was the only one which I had actually with me , and I found it indeed invaluable . After all I must profess my opinion that researches into these forms of art are of comparatively little value . " The monu- ments ...
Page xxi
... Egyptian - Grecian - Roman - Romanesque -Saracenic - Gothic - Revived Italian PAGE 11 17 BOOK I. - ARCHITECTURE OF THE ENTABLATURE . PART I. - OF THE EARLIER AND RUDER FORMS . CHAPTER I. OF PELASGIAN ARCHITECTURE . Interest of the ...
... Egyptian - Grecian - Roman - Romanesque -Saracenic - Gothic - Revived Italian PAGE 11 17 BOOK I. - ARCHITECTURE OF THE ENTABLATURE . PART I. - OF THE EARLIER AND RUDER FORMS . CHAPTER I. OF PELASGIAN ARCHITECTURE . Interest of the ...
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... EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE . Importance of the subject - the Pyramids ― occasional use of the arch - not an arched style - Egyptian porticos - absence of the pediment - sloping sides - intercolumniary walls - use of sculpture - the dé ...
... EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE . Importance of the subject - the Pyramids ― occasional use of the arch - not an arched style - Egyptian porticos - absence of the pediment - sloping sides - intercolumniary walls - use of sculpture - the dé ...
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Page 316 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone.
Page 315 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alleyed walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, EXposed t'o the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...