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Title: Architecture

Author: Nancy R E Meugens Bell

Release Date: August 30, 2010 [EBook #33589]

Language: English

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ARCHITECTURE

BY MRS. ARTHUR BELL

AUTHOR OF "THE ELEMENTARY HISTORY OF ART," "MASTERPIECES OF
THE GREAT ARTISTS," "REPRESENTATIVE PAINTERS OF
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY," ETC.

[Illustration: logo]

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK

67 LONG ACRE, W.C., AND EDINBURGH

NEW YORK: DODGE PUBLISHING CO.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARCHITECTURE IS--MATERIALS
EMPLOYED--DEFINITION OF DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF
THE TWO MAIN STYLES, TRABEATED AND ARCUATED v

I. EGYPTIAN, ASIATIC, AND EARLY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE 7

II. GREEK ARCHITECTURE 13

III. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE 22

IV. EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE 31

V. BYZANTINE AND SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE 36

VI. ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE 45

VII. ANGLO-SAXON AND ANGLO-NORMAN ARCHITECTURE 52

VIII. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE 60

IX. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN 72

X. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE 83

XI. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN 88

INDEX 93

INTRODUCTION

WHAT ARCHITECTURE IS--MATERIALS EMPLOYED--DEFINITION OF DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES OF THE TWO MAIN STYLES, TRABEATED AND ARCUATED

It is only when a building entirely fulfils the purpose for which it is
intended and bears the impress of a genuine style that it takes rank as
a work of architecture. This definition, exclusive though it at first
sight appea