Architecture
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Mediaeval Church VaultingMediaeval Church VaultingThe student of Mediaeval architecture, especially of the Gothic era, finds perhaps its strongest appeal in the peculiar structural character which it possesses. Greek architecture, even at its best, strongly reflects a preceding art of building in wood. Roman architecture, when it...
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Early Renaissance Architecture in EnglandEarly Renaissance Architecture in England - A Historical & Descriptive Account of the Tudor, Elizabethan, & Jacobean Periods, 1500-1625It should, perhaps, be observed that although this book is entitled Early Renaissance Architecture in England, it deals with much the same period as that covered...
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The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesThe Early Norman Castles of the British Isles.Some portions of this book have already appeared in print. Of these, the most important is the catalogue raisonn of early Norman castles in England which will be found in Chapter VII., and which was originally published...
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How to judge architecture: a popular guide to the appreciation of buildingsHow to judge architecture: a popular guide to the appreciation of buildingsA POPULAR GUIDE TO THE APPRECIATION OF BUILDINGS By RUSSELL STURGIS, A.M., Ph.D. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Member of The Architectural League of New York, The National Sculpture Society, The...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 12, December 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 12, December 1900 - The Cathedrals of EnglandSuch a general survey of the most representative English cathedrals as is undertaken in the present article naturally leaves no space for a detailed consideration of the various...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 11, November 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 11, November 1900 - The Work of Sir Christopher WrenDuring the reign of James I. the Renaissance style in England, which in Elizabeth's time had been mingled in picturesque combination with the Gothic, was further...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 10, October 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 10, October 1900 - The Château of Chambord: France; Louis XVI. SconcesThe Chteau of Chambord is one of the most unique palaces of the Renaissance in existence. "It is," writes Jules Loiseleur, "the Versailles of...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 09, September 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 09, September 1900 - The Ducal Palace: Venice; Types of Italian Garden Fountains"Considered as the principal representation of the Venetian school of architecture, the Ducal Palace is the Parthenon of Venice," wrote Ruskin. To know...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 08, August 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 08, August 1900 - The Guild Halls of LondonPerhaps there are no corporate bodies now existing in England which can trace their beginnings in a more unbroken line to the earliest recorded historical events of...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 07, July 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 07, July 1900 - House of Jacques Coeur: Bourges; Gothic Carved WoodworkThe house of Jacques Cur at Bourges is, to architect and historian alike, one of the most interesting monuments which have survived from the...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 06, June 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 06, June 1900 - The Duomo and the Campanile: Florence; Grotesques from "It was in the middle of the thirteenth century," writes Symonds, "during the long struggle for independence carried on by the republics of...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 05, May 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 05, May 1900 - Chippendale ChairsIt is only within recent times that movable chairs have become common and indispensable. Seats of some kind must have been used from the time when houses were first built,...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 04, April 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 04, April 1900 - The Petit Trianon: Versailles; English Carved FireplacesDuring the first years of his reign, Louis the XIV. of France resided, as his predecessors had, at St. Germain in summer; but for some...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 03, March 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 03, March 1900 - Spanish Wrought-Iron Screens; XII. Century Capitals from the Benedictine Monastery, MonrealeFrom earliest times the numerous iron mines which exist in Spain, especially in the Cantabrian provinces, have been worked, and their...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 02, February 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 02, February 1900 - Japanese GardensThe Japanese garden is not a flower garden, neither is it made for the purpose of cultivating plants. In nine cases out of ten there is nothing in it resembling...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 01, January 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 01, January 1900 - The Ten Most Beautiful Buildings in the United States.During the Autumn of the past year a voting contest was proposed to the readers of The Brochure Series with the object of...
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Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of ItalyBrick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of ItalyIN these days of railways and rapid travelling there is scarcely any excuse for ignorance of Continental art. The most busy man finds some short holiday in the course of...
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Die Ägyptische PflanzensäuleDie Ägyptische PflanzensäuleDas Manuskript zu der vorliegenden Abhandlung war im Oktober 1895 fertig, und es wurde bereits an der Herstellung der Abbildungen fr den Druck gearbeitet, als ich beauftragt wurde, auf lngere Zeit zu wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen nach Aegypten zu gehen. Dies verzgerte die Beendigung...
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Travels in South KensingtonTravels in South Kensington - with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in EnglandHOMELY and Comely were sisters. Their parents were in humble circumstances, and depended mainly on the care and economy of these two daughterstheir entire family. They were persons of some social...
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Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the HousekeeperConvenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the HousekeeperWhen the reader is familiar with the writers general purposes, it is easier to understand the details of his work. This book is intended to deal with houses in a housekeeping spirit. In doing this, the architect...
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