 Taken altogether, perhaps it may be safely asserted that the Egyptians were the most essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is true, surpassed...  Ballou's Monthly Magazine - Page 4151872Full view - About this book
 | Theology - 1872 - 882 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...sculpture with which they ornamented their buildings, while the Gothic architects far excelled them in constructive cleverness ; but with these exceptions... | |
 | James Fergusson - Architecture - 1855 - 808 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...far excelled them in constructive cleverness ; but besides these no other style can be put in competition with them. At the same time, neither Grecian... | |
 | James Fergusson - Architecture - 1855 - 542 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...surpassed them in refinement and beauty of detail, and in tho class of sculpture with which they ornamented their buildings, and the Gothic architects far excelled... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 814 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, arid the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...architects far excelled them in constructive cleverness; bnt beside these, no other style can be put in competition with them. At the same time neither Grecian... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 814 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...surpassed them in refinement and beauty of detail, and in tho class of sculpture with which they ornamente «1 their building*, and the Gothic architects far... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 806 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...ornamented their buildings, and the Gothic architects fai excelled them in constructive cleverness; w beside these, no other style can be put in competition... | |
 | Bible - 1872 - 822 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...sculpture with which they ornamented their buildings, while the Gothic architects far excelled them in constructive cleverness ; but with these exceptions... | |
 | Bible - 1872 - 832 pages
...essentially a building people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...the class of sculpture with which they ornamented tbeir buildings, while the Gothic architects far excelled them in constructive cleverness ; but with... | |
 | James Fergusson - Architecture - 1865 - 722 pages
...ARCHITECTURE. PART I. people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...sculpture with which they ornamented their buildings, while the Gothic architects far excelled them in constructive cleverness; but with these exceptions... | |
 | James Fergusson - Architecture - 1865 - 712 pages
...Scale I00 ft. to I in. people of all those we are acquainted with, and the most generally successful in all they attempted in this way. The Greeks, it is...sculpture with which they ornamented their buildings, while the Gothic architects far excelled them in constructive eleverness; but with these exceptions... | |
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