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Page ix
... remains , which are historically , though not artistically , in close connection with Grecian architecture - are little more than mere objects of curiosity , with only an occasional and incidental bearing upon the general history of ...
... remains , which are historically , though not artistically , in close connection with Grecian architecture - are little more than mere objects of curiosity , with only an occasional and incidental bearing upon the general history of ...
Page xvii
... remains are either ecclesiastical or military , and from the latter class of buildings , deeply interesting as they are on many other grounds , scarcely any strictly architectural lessons can be derived . If any one should ask why ...
... remains are either ecclesiastical or military , and from the latter class of buildings , deeply interesting as they are on many other grounds , scarcely any strictly architectural lessons can be derived . If any one should ask why ...
Page xxi
... - apparent domes -Treasuries-- style of ornament - remains at Mycena - Grecian architecture not derived from Pelasgian - connection of the latter with Roman 333 CHAPTER II . OF EARLY COLUMNAR ARCHITECTURE . Importance of.
... - apparent domes -Treasuries-- style of ornament - remains at Mycena - Grecian architecture not derived from Pelasgian - connection of the latter with Roman 333 CHAPTER II . OF EARLY COLUMNAR ARCHITECTURE . Importance of.
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... Remains in Central America - derived from a stone construction - approximations to the arch - Chinese and Siamese ... remains - more valuable for sculpture than architecture - Persepolis -character of the columns - excavations - timber ...
... Remains in Central America - derived from a stone construction - approximations to the arch - Chinese and Siamese ... remains - more valuable for sculpture than architecture - Persepolis -character of the columns - excavations - timber ...
Page xxiii
... remains in the East - excavations at Petra - finest Roman structures unadorned - amphitheatres - aqueducts CHAPTER II . ORIGIN OF ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE . .. Office of Christian Rome as to religion - as to architecture - steps by which ...
... remains in the East - excavations at Petra - finest Roman structures unadorned - amphitheatres - aqueducts CHAPTER II . ORIGIN OF ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE . .. Office of Christian Rome as to religion - as to architecture - steps by which ...
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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...