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... rich with the varied tints of leaf and blossom , with the wild birds ' song for its anthem , or the rustle 1 Historical Essay , Chap . IV . 2 Id . , p . 27 . of the breeze in its waving branches for the voices CAUSES OF THE DIVERSITY OF ...
... rich with the varied tints of leaf and blossom , with the wild birds ' song for its anthem , or the rustle 1 Historical Essay , Chap . IV . 2 Id . , p . 27 . of the breeze in its waving branches for the voices CAUSES OF THE DIVERSITY OF ...
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... rich façades with many columns , but the genuine colonnade hardly occurs ; the columns are merely incidental , not occurring in continuous ranges , but merely here and there , just as one or two openings were wanted , which might be ...
... rich façades with many columns , but the genuine colonnade hardly occurs ; the columns are merely incidental , not occurring in continuous ranges , but merely here and there , just as one or two openings were wanted , which might be ...
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... rich in sculpture , both human and animal . The occurrence of colossal sphinxes has been often noticed , but they do not seem to have any connection with the Egyptian sphinxes , with which they are not identical in form : such monstrous ...
... rich in sculpture , both human and animal . The occurrence of colossal sphinxes has been often noticed , but they do not seem to have any connection with the Egyptian sphinxes , with which they are not identical in form : such monstrous ...
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... rich and all - golden seats " of his immediate dominion , we have to turn to 1 See above , p . 44 . 2 " The arts of architecture and sculpture must , long before the Per- sian dynasty , have attained a much higher degree of perfection ...
... rich and all - golden seats " of his immediate dominion , we have to turn to 1 See above , p . 44 . 2 " The arts of architecture and sculpture must , long before the Per- sian dynasty , have attained a much higher degree of perfection ...
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... rich in hidden and wondrous learning ; but the soul of art is wanting . They exhibit man's sway over external nature , calling into his service the proudest trees of the forest , and the mountain rock of the desert , putting forth every ...
... rich in hidden and wondrous learning ; but the soul of art is wanting . They exhibit man's sway over external nature , calling into his service the proudest trees of the forest , and the mountain rock of the desert , putting forth every ...
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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...