The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... pilasters in ancient build- ings ; the breaks were called stylobata ; and the recess between every two styloba- tę , the podium , which had the same parts disposed at the same levels as the stylo- batę . Arcades . An arcade is an ...
... pilasters in ancient build- ings ; the breaks were called stylobata ; and the recess between every two styloba- tę , the podium , which had the same parts disposed at the same levels as the stylo- batę . Arcades . An arcade is an ...
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... pilasters had been used instead of columns ; or so much as is just sufficient to relieve it from the naked of the wall . This is necessary in all intercolumns of great width , but should be practised as little as possible , as it ...
... pilasters had been used instead of columns ; or so much as is just sufficient to relieve it from the naked of the wall . This is necessary in all intercolumns of great width , but should be practised as little as possible , as it ...
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... Pilasters and Anta . Pilasters are rec- tangular prismatic projections , advancing from the naked part of a wall , with bases and capitals like columns , and with an en tablature supported by the columns ; hence they differ from columns ...
... Pilasters and Anta . Pilasters are rec- tangular prismatic projections , advancing from the naked part of a wall , with bases and capitals like columns , and with an en tablature supported by the columns ; hence they differ from columns ...
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... pilasters are fluted ; and the contrary , on the portico of Septimius Severus . When pilasters are fluted , the angles or quoins are frequently beaded , such as those of the Pan- theon , in order to strengthen the angles , and the ...
... pilasters are fluted ; and the contrary , on the portico of Septimius Severus . When pilasters are fluted , the angles or quoins are frequently beaded , such as those of the Pan- theon , in order to strengthen the angles , and the ...
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... pilasters , it is sometimes customa- ry to support the entablature by human figures ; the males of which are called Per- sians , Talamones , or Atlantides ; and the fe- males , Carians , or Caryatides . The history of these Vitruvius ...
... pilasters , it is sometimes customa- ry to support the entablature by human figures ; the males of which are called Per- sians , Talamones , or Atlantides ; and the fe- males , Carians , or Caryatides . The history of these Vitruvius ...
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