LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066121013

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL WORDS.

       HEAD AND TAILPIECES.

       CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.

       CHAPTER II. THE BUILDINGS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.

       CHAPTER III. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN.

       CHAPTER IV. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.—ENGLAND.

       ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS.—FLOOR, WALLS, TOWERS, GABLES, COLUMNS.

       CHAPTER V. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.—ENGLAND.

       ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS (continued) —OPENINGS, ROOFS, SPIRES, ORNAMENTS, STAINED GLASS, SCULPTURE.

       CHAPTER VI. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN WESTERN EUROPE.

       FRANCE.—CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH.

       FRANCE.—ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS.

       BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS.

       SCOTLAND, WALES, AND IRELAND.

       CHAPTER VII. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE.

       GERMANY.—CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH.

       GERMANY.—ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS.

       NORTHERN EUROPE.

       CHAPTER VIII. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHERN EUROPE.

       ITALY AND SICILY.—TOPOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

       ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS.

       SPAIN.—CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH.

       PORTUGAL.

       CHAPTER IX. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.

       PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.

       CHAPTER X. GENERAL VIEW.

       ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS.

       CHAPTER XI. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY.

       FLORENCE.

       ROME.

       VENICE, VICENZA, AND VERONA.

       MILAN AND PAVIA.

       GENOA, TURIN, AND NAPLES.

       COUNTRY VILLAS.

       CHAPTER XII. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE AND NORTH EUROPE.

       CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH.

       BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS.

       GERMANY AND NORTHERN EUROPE.

       CHAPTER XIII. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.

       ENGLAND.—CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH.

       SCOTLAND.

       SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

       INDEX.

PREFACE.

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      THE history, the features, and the most famous examples of European architecture, during a period extending from the rise of the Gothic, or pointed, style in the twelfth century to the general depression which overtook the Renaissance style at the close of the eighteenth, form the subject of this little volume. I have endeavoured to adopt as free and simple a mode of treatment as is compatible with the accurate statement of at least the outlines of so very technical a subject.

      Though it is to be hoped that many professional students of architecture will find this hand-book serviceable to them in their elementary studies, it has been my principal endeavour to adapt it to the requirements of those who are preparing for the professional pursuit of the sister arts,

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