A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN ALL COUNTRIES, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY. (Volume I)

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Author

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886

Title

A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

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Produced by Albert László, Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NA: Fine Arts: Architecture

Subject

Architecture -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55871

Release Date

November 1, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN ALL COUNTRIES, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY.
2. 2.EDITOR’S PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
3. 3.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
4. 4.FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
5. 5.NOTE.
6. 6.CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
8. 8.INTRODUCTION. — PART I. — Section I. — II.—Beauty in Art. — III.—Definition of Architecture. — IV.—Mass. — V.—Stability. — VI.—Durability. — VII.—Materials. — VIII.—Construction. — IX.—Forms. — X—Proportion. — XI.—Carved Ornament. — XII.—Decorative Colour. — XIII.—Sculpture and Painting. — XIV.—Uniformity. — XV.—Imitation of Nature. — XVI.—Association. — XVII.—New Style. — XVIII.—Prospects.
9. 9.PART II. — I.—ETHNOGRAPHY AS APPLIED TO ARCHITECTURAL ART. — II.—TURANIAN. — Religion of the Turanians. — Government. — Morals. — Literature. — Arts. — Sciences. — III.—SEMITIC RACES. — Religion. — Government. — Morals. — Literature. — Arts. — Sciences. — IV.—CELTIC. — Religion. — Government. — Morals. — Literature. — Arts. — Sciences. — V.—ARYAN. — Religion. — Government. — Morals. — Literature. — Art. — Sciences. — CONCLUSION.
10. 10.PART I.—ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE. — INTRODUCTORY.
11. 11.BOOK I. EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
12. 12.CHAPTER II. THE PYRAMIDS AND CONTEMPORARY MONUMENTS. — Medum. — Tombs. — Temples.
13. 13.CHAPTER III. FIRST THEBAN KINGDOM. — The Labyrinth. — Pyramids. — An Egyptian Town. — Tombs. — SHEPHERDS.
14. 14.CHAPTER IV. PHARAONIC KINGDOM. — THEBES. — Rock-cut Tombs and Temples. — Mammeisi. — Tombs. — Obelisks. — Domestic Architecture.
15. 15.CHAPTER V GREEK AND ROMAN PERIOD. — Serapeum and Apis Mausoleum.
16. 16.CHAPTER VI. ETHIOPIA.
17. 17.BOOK II. — CHAPTER I. ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE. — INTRODUCTORY.
18. 18.CHAPTER II. CHALDEAN TEMPLES.
19. 19.CHAPTER III. ASSYRIAN PALACES. — Nineveh. — Nimroud. — Khorsabad. [80] — Palace of Sennacherib, Koyunjik. — Palace of Esarhaddon. — Temples and Tombs.
20. 20.CHAPTER IV. PERSIA. — Pasargadæ. — Persepolis. — Susa. — Fire Temples. — Tombs.
21. 21.CHAPTER V. INVENTION OF THE ARCH.
22. 22.CHAPTER VI. JUDEA. — Temple of Jerusalem.
23. 23.CHAPTER VII. ASIA MINOR.
24. 24.BOOK III. — CHAPTER I. GREECE. — Pelasgic Art.
25. 25.CHAPTER II. HELLENIC GREECE. — HISTORY OF THE ORDERS. — Doric Temples in Greece. — Doric Temples in Sicily. — Ionic Temples. — Corinthian Temples. — Dimensions of Greek Temples. — Doric Order. — Ionic Order. — Corinthian Order. — Caryatides. — Forms of Temples. — Mode of Lighting Temples. — Temple of Diana at Ephesus. — Municipal Architecture. — Theatres. — Tombs. — Cyrene. — Domestic Architecture.
26. 26.BOOK IV. ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. — CHAPTER I. ETRURIA. — Temples. — Tombs. — Tumuli.
27. 27.CHAPTER II. ROME. — INTRODUCTION.
28. 28.CHAPTER III. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. — Orders. — Doric. — Ionic. — Corinthian. — Composite Order. — Composite Arcades. — Temples. — Athens. — Baalbec.
29. 29.CHAPTER IV. BASILICAS, THEATRES, AND BATHS. — Basilicas. — Theatres. — Amphitheatres. — Baths.
30. 30.CHAPTER V. TRIUMPHAL ARCHES, TOMBS, AND OTHER BUILDINGS. — Columns of Victory. — Tombs. — Temple of Minerva Medica. — Eastern Tombs. — Domestic Architecture. — Spalato. — Pompeii and Herculaneum. — Bridges and Aqueducts.
31. 31.CHAPTER VI. PARTHIAN AND SASSANIAN ARCHITECTURE.
32. 32.PART II. CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. — INTRODUCTORY.
33. 33.BOOK I. BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
34. 34.CHAPTER II. BASILICAS. — Thessalonica. — Syria and Asia Minor. — Churches with Stone Roofs.
35. 35.CHAPTER III. CIRCULAR OR DOMICAL BUILDINGS. — Churches with Domes. — Constantinople. — Sta. Sophia. — Domestic Architecture.
36. 36.CHAPTER IV. NEO-BYZANTINE STYLE. — Thessalonica. — Greece. — Domestic Architecture.
37. 37.CHAPTER V. ARMENIA. — Ani.
38. 38.CHAPTER VI. ROCK-CUT CHURCHES.
39. 39.CHAPTER VII. MEDIÆVAL ARCHITECTURE OF RUSSIA. — Towers.
40. 40.BOOK II. ITALY. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
41. 41.CHAPTER II. EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE-LOMBARDIC STYLES. — Basilicas. — St. Peter’s. — St. Paul’s. — Ravenna. — Venice. — Dalmatia and Istria. — Torcello.
42. 42.CHAPTER III. CIRCULAR CHURCHES. — Ravenna. — Secular Buildings.
43. 43.CHAPTER IV. LOMBARD AND ROUND-ARCHED GOTHIC. — Verona. — Toscanella. — Circular Churches. — Towers.
44. 44.CHAPTER V. BYZANTINE-ROMANESQUE. — Southern Italy. — Circular Buildings. — Towers. — Civil Architecture.
45. 45.CHAPTER VI. POINTED ITALIAN GOTHIC.

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