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... magnificent Library of that Society , without which I should have been involved in great difficulties in the earlier part of my undertaking . My work is now done ; and if it be accepted as any contribu- tion towards fostering the study ...
... magnificent Library of that Society , without which I should have been involved in great difficulties in the earlier part of my undertaking . My work is now done ; and if it be accepted as any contribu- tion towards fostering the study ...
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... magnificent though corrupted structures which Roman art has scattered through so many lands , bring more vividly before us the mighty power of the eternal city , we may dwell among her consuls and her Cæsars , her warriors and her ...
... magnificent though corrupted structures which Roman art has scattered through so many lands , bring more vividly before us the mighty power of the eternal city , we may dwell among her consuls and her Cæsars , her warriors and her ...
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... magnificent edifices , and yet totally ignorant of any mode of connecting walls or pillars save by the mere hori- zontal block of stone or timber . Still more incomprehensible does it seem to us that any people should have been aware of ...
... magnificent edifices , and yet totally ignorant of any mode of connecting walls or pillars save by the mere hori- zontal block of stone or timber . Still more incomprehensible does it seem to us that any people should have been aware of ...
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... of Roman origin , and its earlier forms might in strictness be considered as varieties of Romanesque . It is a style highly enriched and magnificent , yet mixed , fantastic , and incongruous , and not easily 26 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
... of Roman origin , and its earlier forms might in strictness be considered as varieties of Romanesque . It is a style highly enriched and magnificent , yet mixed , fantastic , and incongruous , and not easily 26 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
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... magnificent temple of Denderah and several others , is what is called the Isis - headed capital ; this is quadrangular , and represents in each face the head of that goddess . The capitals however , with all their diversities , agree in ...
... magnificent temple of Denderah and several others , is what is called the Isis - headed capital ; this is quadrangular , and represents in each face the head of that goddess . The capitals however , with all their diversities , agree in ...
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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...