A Short Critical History of Architecture |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CONTENTS | 5 |
Architecture a Continuous DevelopmentThe Thrall | 8 |
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12th century aisles angles apse arcade archi architects architrave Assyrian Assyrian architecture basilica builders building built buttresses Byzantine capital carried carved Cathedral cella central centre century B.C. character choir church circular Classic colonnade columnar columns construction Corinthian cornice curve decorative detail dome Doric early effect Egypt English entablature Erechtheion erected esque example exterior façade feature French Gothic architecture Greek Hagia Sophia Hall important influence interior Ionic Italian Karnak Khorsabad lintel masonry mediæval ment METRES METRES FIG monuments mosque mouldings nave octagonal origin ornament palace Parthenon period Persian Persian architecture piers pilasters pointed arch portico portion probably pyramids Renaissance Renaissance architecture ribs rock-cut Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof Saracenic scale sculpture shaft shows side space spire square stone structure style tecture temple Thermæ timber tion tombs tower tracery transept treatment triglyphs vault vertical voussoirs wall west front wooden