Principles of design in architecture, a series of letters to a friend1809 |
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... Archi- tecture . - Connection and Discord of the Useful with the Beautiful and the Picturesk p . 8 Letter III . - First Buildings noticed in History . - Tower of Babel . - Jacob's Pillars . - Egyptian Building . - Temple of Dagon ...
... Archi- tecture . - Connection and Discord of the Useful with the Beautiful and the Picturesk p . 8 Letter III . - First Buildings noticed in History . - Tower of Babel . - Jacob's Pillars . - Egyptian Building . - Temple of Dagon ...
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... Archi- tecture P. 81 Letter XII . Decline of Roman Architecture . — Gothic Architecture . - Arabian or Saracenic Architecture.- Buildings of Charlemain's Age p . 90 Letter XIII . — Architecture in England . - Saxon and Nor- man derived ...
... Archi- tecture P. 81 Letter XII . Decline of Roman Architecture . — Gothic Architecture . - Arabian or Saracenic Architecture.- Buildings of Charlemain's Age p . 90 Letter XIII . — Architecture in England . - Saxon and Nor- man derived ...
Strana 1
... Archi- tecture . - Utility the foundation of Design in all Archi- · tecture . - Design controlled by materials . — First buildinge in each class of Architecture . HEN after our conversations on the prin- WHEN ciples of Design in ...
... Archi- tecture . - Utility the foundation of Design in all Archi- · tecture . - Design controlled by materials . — First buildinge in each class of Architecture . HEN after our conversations on the prin- WHEN ciples of Design in ...
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... archi- tecture it will be expedient to distinguish between the simply useful , and the beautiful ; of which , though the semblance of fitness for use may be an essentisl quality , yet gratification of the mind through the eye , and not ...
... archi- tecture it will be expedient to distinguish between the simply useful , and the beautiful ; of which , though the semblance of fitness for use may be an essentisl quality , yet gratification of the mind through the eye , and not ...
Strana 14
... notice of historians and recorders of events , those who would trace the history of archi- tecture , must necessarily begin with them . That extraordinary public building , mentioned , in my first 14 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN.
... notice of historians and recorders of events , those who would trace the history of archi- tecture , must necessarily begin with them . That extraordinary public building , mentioned , in my first 14 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN.
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admiration advantageous altogether antiquity appears Arabian archi architect architrave Athens Babylonia beautiful book of Kings brick building called capital castle cathedral character church colonnade columns common considerable convenience Corinthian cornice cottages decoration desired dome domestic Doric Doric order early edifice effect Egypt elegance England equally Europe example exterior extraordinary fancy Fashion Gothic grace grandeur Grecian architecture Grecian taste Grecian temple Greece Greeks ingenious Inigo Jones intablature interior architecture Ionic Italy judgement kind less LETTER lofty Lord Burlington magnificence material merit military monumental Norman object observed ornament palace palæstra perfection perhaps Phenicia picturesk pier pillar Plantagenet pointed arch portico principal proportions public favor purpose reckon reigns Roman architecture Rome roof saint Paul's saint Peter's Salisbury cathedral Saxon seems seen shaft simplicity splendid splendor stone style superior tecture tion triglyphs variety Vitruvius walls wanted whence Winchester cathedral wood
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Strana 158 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Strana 134 - CAITI.I. called the Queen's Oriel is remarkable for the fancy, luxuriance, and elegance of the workmanship. Nor is the contrivance of the little terraced garden below, considering the history of the times, a matter of small curiosity, where, though all the surrounding country were hostile, fresh air might be safely enjoyed ; and the commanding view of the singularly beautiful landscape around, from both that little herbary or garden, and the bay window or oriel, is so managed as to leave no doubt...
Strana 197 - Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
Strana 271 - I venture to deliver it as . my opinion that there are only two characters of buildings: the one may be called perpendicular, and the other horizontal. Under the first, I class all buildings erected in England before and during the early part of Queen Elizabeth's reign, whether deemed Saracenic, Saxon, Norman, or the Gothic of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries ; and even that peculiar kind called Queen Elizabeth's Gothic, in which turrets prevailed, though battlements were discarded and Grecian...
Strana 133 - Conway," observes an anonymous author, "what is called the Queen's Oriel is remarkable for the fancy, luxuriance, and elegance of the workmanship. Nor is the contrivance of the little terraced garden below, considering the history of the times, a matter of small curiosity, where, though all the surrounding country were hostile, fresh air might be safely enjoyed; and the commanding view of the singularly beautiful landscape around, from both that little herbary or garden, and the bay window or oriel...
Strana 258 - ... above may be increased, or must be diminished, according to circumstances. If a greater width of foundation be thought necessary, it must be gained by increasing the number of the footings, and not their width. The height of abutment, and span, and rise of arch, I suppose prescribed for the engineer.
Strana 86 - Instead of a mere sacristy for the priests, the term at which the pomp of processions ended, and in front of which, under the vault of the sky...
Strana 44 - Tis with our judgements as our watches, none Co just alike, but each believes his own.