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A short history of architecture

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A concise survey of architectural development from prehistoric and Celtic remains through Egyptian, Asiatic, classical Greek and Roman, early Christian and Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance styles; explains construction methods, materials, orders, plans, and decorative principles; traces origins and characteristic features of each style and their relationships; illustrated plans and plates support the text; written for general readers, avoiding technical jargon while outlining how climate, materials, and structural innovations shaped building forms.

LIST OF PLATES.


St. Trophyme at Arles,

Frontispiece.
FACING PAGE

The Greek Orders,

56

Plan of the Temple of Theseus at Athens,

62

The Roman Orders,

70

Palace of Diocletian at Spalatro,

73

Plan of the Pantheon at Rome,

74

Plan of The Baths of Agrippa,

75

Plan of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek,

76

Plan of the Old Basilica of St. Paul’s Beyond the Walls,

89

St. Vitale, of Ravenna,

92

The Temple of Minerva Medica,

93

The Temple of Vesta, sometimes Called the Temple of Hercules,

94

The Baptistery of Constantine,

94

The Pendentive System in Byzantine Domes,

97

Church of Sergius and Bacchus at Constantinople,

98

Plan of St. Sophia, Constantinople,

99

Romanesque Construction,

121

Comparative Series, showing Greek, Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic Methods of Support,

124

Plan of Strasbourg Cathedral,

128

Chevet of Notre Dame du Port at Clermont,

130

Plan of Rheims Cathedral,

134

Plan of an English Cathedral,

136

Plan of St. Peter’s as Originally Designed by Michael Angelo,

155

Plan of Church of the Hotel des Invalides at Paris,

160