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The Country House (with Designs)The Country House (with Designs)HITHERTO the Contributions have appeared in a small volume: but a friend having furnished me with the Manuscripts of the following Letters, in order to do justice to the beautiful designs, it has been necessary to increase the size of...
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How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the 12th and 13th CenturiesHow France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries E may live without architecture, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation...
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Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and CuriositiesHistorical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and CuriositiesThe North and West doors are open to Visitors. Guides are in attendance, from nine until six every day, except Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. The Abbey is not open to Visitors after the Afternoon...
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The Church IndexThe Church Index - A Book of Metropolitan Churches and Church Enterprise: Part I. KensingtonParticular church chronicles are scarcely found among the thousands of volumes which annually issue from the press, although there are no chronicles that have in them more of what is...
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Some Account of Gothic Architecture in SpainSome Account of Gothic Architecture in SpainTHE book which I here commit to the reader requires, I fear, some apology on my part. I feel that I have undertaken almost more than an artist like myself, always at work, has any right to suppose...
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Huntley, Fairfax County, VirginiaHuntley: A Mason Family Country HouseIt is difficult to understand how a house whose history is closely connected to the well-known Mason family has existed, practically without notice or mention, for one hundred and fifty years. This fact is all the more puzzling when...
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Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of VeniceSketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of VeniceThis volume is designed as a companion and sequel to my former volume called "Architectural and Historical Sketches, chiefly Italian." Its general plan is the same. But more of the papers in the present volume appear...
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The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles XThe Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles XIN a book of this kind, it is difficult to prevent oneself becoming a guide, more or less complete. Dates and facts, architectural details and descriptions, all savour of the handbook; but having determined to keep...
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Les Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume IILes Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume IISix mille invitations furent envoyes. Il y en eut pour lItalie, pour lEspagne et pour lAngleterre. On vit Vaux des reprsentans de ces trois contres et les ambassadeurs de tous les peuples. Un roi et une...
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Les Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume ILes Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume ITant que durera en France lesprit conservateur cr par la Restauration, les vieux monumens qui nous restent seront respects. Par une consquence immdiate de son retour systmatique aux affections du pass, la Restauration, en relevant la...
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The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and IllustratedThe Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and IllustratedTo present at a single glance a comprehensive view of the History of English Church Architecture from the Heptarchy to the Reformation, and to do this in a manner, which, without taxing too seriously the memory...
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Economy of the Round Dairy BarnEconomy of the Round Dairy BarnThe planning, construction, and arrangement of farm buildings do not usually receive the thought and study these subjects warrant. How many dairymen have compared a circular, 40-cow barn with the common rectangular building containing the same area? How many...
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Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth CenturyVirginia Architecture in the Seventeenth CenturyIn the green, southern land which today comprises the Commonwealth of Virginia, there flourished three centuries ago the fine art of architecture, and it is with that subjectthe art of building in good design, with sound construction, and for...
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Problems in Periclean BuildingsProblems in Periclean BuildingsThe irregular position of the door and the windows of the north-west wing of the Propylaea has long been remarked, though no explanations of the phenomenon have been offered. Bohn, Die Propylaeen der Akropolis zu Athen, p. 23, says of the...
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The Art of Architecture: A Poem in Imitation of Horace's Art of PoetryThe Art of Architecture: A Poem in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry The great Freedom with which Horace has been used, I hope will be in some Measure an Excuse for the Liberty I take in this Essay.The Art of Cookery, and Harlequin-Horace...
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The Seven Lamps of ArchitectureThe Seven Lamps of ArchitectureThe memoranda which form the basis of the following Essay have been thrown together during the preparation of one of the sections of the third volume of "Modern Painters."[A] I once thought of giving them a more expanded form; but...
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Colonial Homes and Their FurnishingsColonial Homes and Their FurnishingsThe wonderfully good collection of antiques for which Salem is noted was of great interest to me, being owned by personal friends who kindly consented to allow me for the first time to go through their homes and pick out...
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Historic Homes of New EnglandHistoric Homes of New EnglandThe study of old houses grows in interest with each additional discovery of good material, such as can be found in the old New England towns and cities, more especially those along the seacoast. The preservation of these old houses...
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Stained Glass Tours in FranceStained Glass Tours in FranceThe reason for the existence of a window is obvious. When the dwelling ceased to be a cave and became a house, the need for a light aperture at once arose. Neither the house nor the window concern us until...
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Remodeled FarmhousesRemodeled FarmhousesThere is a certain fascination connected with the remodeling of a farmhouse. Its low, raftered interior, its weather-beaten exterior, never fail to appeal. Types vary with the period in which they were built, but all are of interest. In this collection, which has...
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