Architecture : an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 75
vered by the largesculptured slabs ofalabaster, a fine collection of which are housedat the British Museum. Layard says thatthey were painted in colours, and many tracesof this are still to be seen on them. To Mesopotamia we probably owe thedevelopment of cities, great irrigation schemes,ordered… … BABYLONIA AND CRETE 73 been systematically used in the monumentalstructures of Mesopotamia, and here the domebecame prominent. At Susa an early temple has been found byDe Morgan, built of burnt brick and enamelledtiles. According to Strzygowski, the originalhome of burnt brick vaulted construction…
Architecture
Internet Archive · Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
