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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ...Show synopsisThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...three octagonal steeples, the highest in the middle. S. Stephens, in Vienna, is a really interesting experiment; an attempt at modifying the Gothic type which, if it did not result in a distinct eastern European style with its own peculiar characteristics, is so important in itself that it should be minutely studied. Figure 162 gives the plan of this church, which is of the second half of the fourteenth century. The nave, about forty feet from centre to FlG. 161. Erfurt, Germany: Cathedral. View of choir (see Fig. 160). centre of piers, is flanked by aisles of nearly its own width and also of nearly its own height; for while the nave is ninety feet high, the aisles are sixty-eight feet. With this small difference of height there is of course no attempt at a clear-story, and the nave-roof is not lighted directly except from the west end. S. Stephens is then a hall with columns, like the cathedrals at Carcassonne and at Erfurt, and the church of S. Sebaldus at Nuremberg; but having '1 1 1 1 1 FlG. 162. Vienna, Austria: Cathedral of S. Stephen. Plan. The general arrangement is of the second half of the fourteenth century. the central division crowned up as it were just enough to tell, when seen from below, as a slight elevation for the sake of dignity and to defeat the natural tendency of such a roof to seem lowest in the middle. The interior is very impressive, but not in the usual sense of a great Gothic church, long, high, and comparatively narrow. It is curious that the entrances most commonly used are in the north and south flank. Entering by one of these, one has no sense of crossing the aisle to reach the nave: it is all a high and spacious hall of assembly, with only six or eight lofty pillars to break it. In like manner, the arrangement of windows, tw...Hide synopsis
Description:Very Good. 8vo. 578 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in burgundy...Very Good. 8vo. 578 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy with clean text.
Description:B&W ill. Good, brown cloth (lacks rear free endpaper) 576pp....B&W ill. Good, brown cloth (lacks rear free endpaper) 576pp. First published in 1896. This book is intended to show that the history of architecture is a study of absorbing interest.
Description:Good. xviii, 578 p., [10] leaves of plates: ill.; 21 cm....Good. xviii, 578 p., [10] leaves of plates: ill.; 21 cm. Published 1896 under title: European architecture; a historical study. Includes index.
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Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of...New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or wer.
Description:Publisher: MacMillan Company Date of Publication: 1908 Binding:...Publisher: MacMillan Company Date of Publication: 1908 Binding: hardcover Edition: Condition: Very Good Description: Previous owner name on front fly. Very light wear to corners and top/bottom of spine. Couple of very small pin size white spots on back. 578pp. in red imprinted cloth covered boards. Gold gilt lettering. B & W illustrations throughout. Covers Grecian & Roman Imperial Architecture, plus Architecture of Europe 350 to 1150 A.D., Architecture of Western Europe 1150 to 1789 A.D.
Description:New. This book, "A Short History of Architecture Europe", by...New. This book, "A Short History of Architecture Europe", by Russell Sturgis, is a replication. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.
