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Page xi
... employed in northern countries , and not to be introduced into lands where the necessities of the cli- mate require a complete departure from its first principles . And now , at the risk of repeating what I have said in the General ...
... employed in northern countries , and not to be introduced into lands where the necessities of the cli- mate require a complete departure from its first principles . And now , at the risk of repeating what I have said in the General ...
Page xv
... employ nor approve ; but the manner in which any use of it is met with in certain quarters , the frivolous , contradictory , often spiteful objections which I have seen and heard brought against it , would be almost enough to make me ...
... employ nor approve ; but the manner in which any use of it is met with in certain quarters , the frivolous , contradictory , often spiteful objections which I have seen and heard brought against it , would be almost enough to make me ...
Page xxvi
... employed first as an arch of construction - then as one of decoration - retention of the round arch , especially in English doorways — changes in abaci - pillars - mouldings- use of classical capitals - Attic base -- arcades - windows ...
... employed first as an arch of construction - then as one of decoration - retention of the round arch , especially in English doorways — changes in abaci - pillars - mouldings- use of classical capitals - Attic base -- arcades - windows ...
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... employed by the chief nations of the world , from the earliest works that can pretend to anything like an architectural style to the ever - varying productions of our own day . 1 1 1 17 CHAPTER III . DIVISION OF STYLES IN ARCHITECTURE ...
... employed by the chief nations of the world , from the earliest works that can pretend to anything like an architectural style to the ever - varying productions of our own day . 1 1 1 17 CHAPTER III . DIVISION OF STYLES IN ARCHITECTURE ...
Page 17
... employed . But it is equally clear , from a general view of the science of architecture , that none of the three will admit of an universal application ; we cannot make an arrangement wholly philosophical , and it would be undesirable ...
... employed . But it is equally clear , from a general view of the science of architecture , that none of the three will admit of an universal application ; we cannot make an arrangement wholly philosophical , and it would be undesirable ...
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abacus aisles ancient appears apse Arabian arcades archi architects architrave basilicas beauty buildings Byzantine Byzantine architecture capital Cathedral century chancel character choir Christian churches classical clerestory columns construction Corinthian cupola decoration distinct dome doorway Doric Doric order Early Gothic Egypt Egyptian England enriched entablature erected examples excavations exhibit existence feature flat foliage gables genuine German Gothic architecture Gothic art Grecian Grecian architecture Greece Greek heathen height idea imitation Italian Italy jambs latter less Lombard magnificent massive monuments mouldings nations nave Norman occur octagonal origin ornament outline Oxford Cathedral Pelasgian perfect period Perpendicular pier pier-arches pilasters pillars pointed arch portico Price principle proportion pure remains remarkable Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof round arch rude Saracens Saxon sculpture seems shafts sometimes spire splendour square stone structures style tecture temple tion tower tracery Transition triforium ture usually vaulting vertical wall whole
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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...