Architecture: Classic and Early Christian

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Author

Slater, John, 1847-1924

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

NA: Fine Arts: Architecture

Subject

Church architecture

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Text

eBook-No.

29759

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29759

Release Date

August 22, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ARCHITECTURE CLASSIC AND EARLY CHRISTIAN
2. 2.BY T. ROGER SMITH, F.R.I.B.A.
3. 3.JOHN SLATER, B.A., F.R.I.B.A.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7. 7.GLOSSARY. — ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTION.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. — TEMPLES. — ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS. — Plan. — Walls. — Roofs. — Openings. — Columns. — Ornaments. — Architectural Character. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — WEST ASIATIC ARCHITECTURE. — ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS. — Plan. — Walls. — Roofs. — Openings. — Columns. — Ornaments. — Architectural Character. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — ORIENTAL ARCHITECTURE. — Hindu Architecture. — Chinese and Japanese Architecture. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER V. — GREEK ARCHITECTURE. — Buildings of the Doric Order. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — GREEK ARCHITECTURE. — Buildings of the Ionic and Corinthian Orders.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — GREEK ARCHITECTURE. — Analysis. — The Walls. — The Roof. — The Openings. — The Columns. — The Ornaments. — Architectural Character. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. — Historical and General Sketch. — FOOTNOTE:
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — THE BUILDINGS OF THE ROMANS. — Basilicas. — Theatres and Amphitheatres. — Baths (Thermæ). — Bridges and Aqueducts. — Commemorative Monuments. — Domestic Architecture. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER X. — ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. — Analysis. — The Walls. — The Roofs. — The Openings. — The Columns. — The Ornaments. — Architectural Character.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. — Basilicas in Rome and Italy. — FOOTNOTE:
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — CHRISTIAN ROUND-ARCHED ARCHITECTURE. — Analysis.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — MOHAMMEDAN ARCHITECTURE. — Egypt. — Syria and Palestine. — Sicily and Spain. — Persia and India. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.INDEX.

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