Principles of design in architecture, a series of letters to a friend1809 |
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... side , and of substance to bear the super . structure ; for the art of constructing arches seems to have been then unknown . From this consideration arose the proportions of the oldest Grecian temples , of which relics are yet standing ...
... side , and of substance to bear the super . structure ; for the art of constructing arches seems to have been then unknown . From this consideration arose the proportions of the oldest Grecian temples , of which relics are yet standing ...
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Principles. the perspective of the lateral range of columns on each side . Raising the view then , it finds amuse- ment among the converging and diverging lines of the shafts and their flutings , with their various lights and shadows ...
Principles. the perspective of the lateral range of columns on each side . Raising the view then , it finds amuse- ment among the converging and diverging lines of the shafts and their flutings , with their various lights and shadows ...
Strana 68
... side , powerfully relieves the lintel , operating precisely as an arch . Nevertheless the perfect arch appears to have been comparatively of late birth . The want of a name for it , properly Greek , in so copious a language , and so ...
... side , powerfully relieves the lintel , operating precisely as an arch . Nevertheless the perfect arch appears to have been comparatively of late birth . The want of a name for it , properly Greek , in so copious a language , and so ...
Strana 71
... side , as a building , roughly formed by nature , which at only polished and completed , to answer the purpose of accommodating multi- tudes in the entertainment of theatrical exhibi- tions . Rome afforded no such opportunity : there ...
... side , as a building , roughly formed by nature , which at only polished and completed , to answer the purpose of accommodating multi- tudes in the entertainment of theatrical exhibi- tions . Rome afforded no such opportunity : there ...
Strana 76
... side , and with the intablature of the columns on the other . For this the earlier architects seem to have been con- tented with repeating , within , the simple form , and small topfinishing projection , of the exterior architrave . 76 ...
... side , and with the intablature of the columns on the other . For this the earlier architects seem to have been con- tented with repeating , within , the simple form , and small topfinishing projection , of the exterior architrave . 76 ...
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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.