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Author : Thomas Roger Smith
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Download or read book Architecture: Classic, Early Christian, Gothic and Renaissance written by Thomas Roger Smith and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Roger Smith
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Total Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book Architecture, Classic and Early Christian written by Thomas Roger Smith and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Roger Smith
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Total Pages : 290 pages
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Download or read book Architecture, Gothic and Renaissance written by Thomas Roger Smith and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Roger Smith
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465543538
Total Pages : 771 pages
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Download or read book Architecture: Classic and Early Christian, Gothic and Renaissance (Complete) written by Thomas Roger Smith and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1888-01-01 with total page 771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origin of Egyptian architecture, like that of Egyptian history, is lost in the mists of antiquity. The remains of all, or almost all, other styles of architecture enable us to trace their rude beginnings, their development, their gradual progress up to a culminating point, and thence their slow but certain decline; but the earliest remains of the constructions of the Egyptians show their skill as builders at the height of its perfection, their architecture highly developed, and their sculpture at its very best, if not indeed at the commencement of its decadence; for some of the statuary of the age of the Pyramids was never surpassed in artistic effect by the work of a later era. It is impossible for us to conceive of such scientific skill as is evidenced in the construction of the great pyramids, or such artistic power as is displayed on the walls of tombs of the same date, or in the statues found in them, as other than the outcome of a vast accumulation of experience, the attainment of which must imply the lapse of very long periods of time since the nation which produced such works emerged from barbarism. It is natural, where so remote an antiquity is in question, that we should feel a great difficulty, if not an impossibility, in fixing exact dates, but the whole tendency of modern exploration and research is rather to push back than to advance the dates of Egyptian chronology, and it is by no means impossible that the dynasties of Manetho, after being derided as apocryphal for centuries, may in the end be accepted as substantially correct. Manetho was an Egyptian priest living in the third century B.C., who wrote a history of his country, which he compiled from the archives of the temples. His work itself is lost, but Josephus quotes extracts from it, and Eusebius and Julius Africanus reproduced his lists, in which the monarchs of Egypt are grouped into thirty-four dynasties. These, however, do not agree with one another, and in many cases it is difficult to reconcile them with the records displayed in the monuments themselves.
Author : T. Roger Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484124492
Total Pages : 302 pages
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Download or read book Architecture, Classic and Early Christian (Classic Reprint) written by T. Roger Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Architecture, Classic and Early Christian This handbook is intended to give such an outline of the Architecture of the Ancient World, and of that of Christen dom down to the period of the Crusades, as, without attempting to supply the minute information required by the professional student, may give a general idea of the works of the great building nations of Antiquity and the Early Christian times. Its chief object has been to place information on the subject within the reach of those persons of literary or artistic education who desire to become in some degree acquainted with Architecture. All technicalities which could be dispensed with have been accordingly excluded; and when it has been un avoidable that a technical word or phrase should occur, an explanation has been added either in the text or in the glossary; but as this volume and the companion one on Gothic and Renaissance Architecture are, in effect, two divisions of the same work, it has not been thought necessary to repeat in the glossary given with this part the words explained in that prefixed to the other. In treating so very wide a field, it has been felt that the chief prominence should be given to that great sequence of architectural styles which form the links of a chain connecting the architecture of modern Europe with the earliest specimens of the art. Egypt, Assyria, and Persia combined to furnish the foundation upon which the splendid architecture of the Greeks was based. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : T. Roger Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330070345
Total Pages : 302 pages
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Download or read book Architecture, Classic and Early Christian written by T. Roger Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Architecture, Classic and Early Christian This handbook is intended to give such an outline of the Architecture of the Ancient World, and of that of Christendom down to the period of the Crusades, as, without attempting to supply the minute information required by the professional student, may give a general idea of the works of the great building nations of Antiquity and the Early Christian times. Its chief object has been to place information on the subject within the reach of those persons of literary or artistic education who desire to become in some degree acquainted with Architecture. All technicalities which could be dispensed with have been accordingly excluded; and when it has been unavoidable that a technical word or phrase should occur, an explanation has been added either in the text or in the glossary; but as this volume and the companion one on Gothic and Renaissance Architecture are, in effect, two divisions of the same work, it has not been thought necessary to repeat in the glossary given with this part the words explained in that prefixed to the other. In treating so very wide a field, it has been felt that the chief prominence should be given to that great sequence of architectural styles which form the links of a chain connecting the architecture of modem Europe with the earliest specimens of the art. Egypt, Assyria, and Persia combined to furnish the foundation upon which the splendid architecture of the Greeks was based. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : John Slater
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781547164509
Total Pages : 500 pages
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Download or read book Architecture Classic and Early Christian written by John Slater and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is intended to give such an outline of the Architecture of the Ancient World, and of that of Christendom down to the period of the Crusades, as, without attempting to supply the minute information required by the professional student, may give a general idea of the works of the great building nations of Antiquity and the Early Christian times. Its chief object has been to place information on the subject within the reach of those persons of literary or artistic education who desire to become in some degree acquainted with Architecture. All technicalities which could be dispensed with have been accordingly excluded; and when it has been unavoidable that a technical word or phrase should occur, an explanation has been added either in the text or in the glossary; but as this volume and the companion one on Gothic and Renaissance Architecture are, in effect, two divisions of the same work, it has not been thought necessary to repeat in the glossary given with this part the words explained in that prefixed to the other. In treating so very wide a field, it has been felt that the chief prominence should be given to that great sequence of architectural styles which form the links of a chain connecting the architecture of modern Europe with the earliest specimens of the art. Egypt, Assyria, and Persia combined to furnish the foundation upon which the splendid architecture of the Greeks was based. Roman architecture was founded on Greek models with the addition of Etruscan construction, and was for a time universally prevalent. The break-up of the Roman Empire was followed by the appearance of the Basilican, the Byzantine, and the Romanesque phases of Christian art; and, later on, by the Saracenic. These are the styles on which all mediaeval and modern European architecture has been based, and these accordingly have furnished the subjects to which the reader's attention is chiefly directed. Such styles as those of India, China and Japan, which lie quite outside this series, are noticed much more briefly; and some matters-such, for example, as prehistoric architecture-which in a larger treatise it would have been desirable to include, have been entirely left out for want of room. In treating each style the object has not been to mention every phase of its development, still less every building, but rather to describe the more prominent buildings with some approach to completeness. It is true that much is left unnoticed, for which the student who wishes to pursue the subject further will have to refer to the writings specially devoted to the period or country. But it has been possible to describe a considerable number of typical examples, and to do so in such a manner as, it is hoped, may make some impression on the reader's mind. Had notices of a much greater number of buildings been compressed into the same space, each must have been so condensed that the volume, though useful as a catalogue for reference, would have, in all probability, become uninteresting, and consequently unserviceable to the class of readers for whom it is intended. As far as possible mere matters of opinion have been excluded from this handbook. A few of the topics which it has been necessary to approach are subjects on which high authorities still more or less disagree, and it has been impossible to avoid these in every instance; but, as far as practicable, controverted points have been left untouched. Controversy is unsuited to the province of such a manual as this, in which it is quite sufficient for the authors to deal with the ascertained facts of the history which they have to unfold.
Author : T. Roger Smith John Slater, T. Roger Smith
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ISBN 13 : 9781519364326
Total Pages : 284 pages
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Download or read book Architecture: Classic and Early Christian written by T. Roger Smith John Slater, T. Roger Smith and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is intended to give such an outline of the Architecture of the Ancient World, and of that of Christendom down to the period of the Crusades, as, without attempting to supply the minute information required by the professional student, may give a general idea of the works of the great building nations of Antiquity and the Early Christian times. Its chief object has been to place information on the subject within the reach of those persons of literary or artistic education who desire to become in some degree acquainted with Architecture. All technicalities which could be dispensed with have been accordingly excluded; and when it has been unavoidable that a technical word or phrase should occur, an explanation has been added either in the text or in the glossary; but as this volume and the companion one on Gothic and Renaissance Architecture are, in effect, two divisions of the same work, it has not been thought necessary to repeat in the glossary given with this part the words explained in that prefixed to the other.
Author : Edward J. Poynter
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ISBN 13 : 9781547171477
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Download or read book Architecture Gothic and Renaissance written by Edward J. Poynter and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL WORDS. Abacus.-The upper portion of the capital of a column, upon which the weight to be carried rests. Aisle (Lat. ala).-The side subdivision in a church; occasionally all the subdivisions, including the nave, are called aisles. Apse.-A semicircular or polygonal termination to, or projection from, a church or other public building. Arcade.-A range of arches, supported on piers or columns. Arch.-A construction of wedge-shaped blocks of stone, or of bricks, of a curved outline, and spanning an open space. The principal forms of arch in use are Semicircular; Acutely-pointed, or Lancet; Equilateral, or Less Acutely-pointed; Four-centred, or Depressed Tudor; Three-centred, or Elliptic; Ogival; Segmental; and Stilted. (Figs. .) Architrave.-(1) The stone which in Classic and Renaissance architecture is thrown from one column or pilaster to the next. (2) The moulding which in the same styles is used to ornament the margin of a door or window opening or arch. Ashlar.-Finely-wrought masonry, employed for the facing of a wall of coarser masonry or brick. Attic (In Renaissance Architecture).-A low upper story, distinctly marked in the architecture of the building, usually surmounting an order; (2) in ordinary building, any story in a roof. Bailey (from vallum).-The enclosure of the courtyard of a castle. Ball-flower.-An ornament representing a globular bud, placed usually in a hollow moulding. Baluster.-A species of small column, generally of curved outline. Balustrade.-A parapet or rail formed of balusters. Fig. a.-Semicircular Arch. Fig. b.-Stilted Arch. The Semicircular and the Stilted Semicircular Arch were the only arches in use till the introduction of the Pointed Arch. Throughout the Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular periods they occur as exceptional features, but they were practically superseded after the close of the 12th cent. Fig. c.-Equilateral Arch. Fig. d.-Lancet Arch. The Lancet Arch was characteristic of the Early English period, is never found earlier, and but rarely occurs later. The Equilateral Arch was the favourite arch of the architects of the geometrical Decorated, but is not unfrequently met with in the early part of the Perpendicular period. Fig. e.-Ogival Arch. Fig. f.-Depressed Tudor Arch. The Depressed (or Four-centred) Tudor Arch is characteristic of the Perpendicular period, and was then constantly employed. The Ogival Arch is occasionally employed late in that period, but was more used by French and Italian architects than by those of Great Britain. Band.-A flat moulding or projecting strip of stone. Barrel-vaulting.-See Waggon-head vaulting. Barge-board (or Verge-board).-An inclined and pierced or ornamented board placed along the edge of a roof when it overhangs a gable wall. Base.-(1) The foot of a column; (2) sometimes that of a buttress or wall. Fig. g.-Base of Early English Shaft. Fig. h.-Base of Perpendicular Shaft. Fig. i.-Base of Decorated Shaft. Basilica.-(1) A Roman public hall; (2) an early Christian church, similar to a Roman basilica in disposition. Bastion (in Fortification).-A bold projecting mass of building, or earthwork thrown out beyond the general line of a wall. Battlement.-A notched or indented parapet. Bay.-One of the compartments in a building which is made up of several repetitions of the same group of features; e.g., in a church the space from one column of the nave arcade to the next is a bay. Bay-window.-A window projecting outward from the wall. It may be rectangular or polygonal. It must be built up from the ground. If thrown out above the ground level, a projecting window is called an Oriel. (See Bow window.) Bead.-A small moulding of circular profile....
Author : James Fergusson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Architecture in All Countries: 2. Christian architecture (Continued.) xiv, 642 p. front., illus., pl written by James Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
