Art culture: a hand-book of art technicalities and criticisms (1873)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Platt, W. H. (William Henry), 1821-1898 · New York : Wiley · leaf 475
imre exactly in proportion to the simplicity anddirectness with which they express the condition of roof-ing on wliicli they are founded. They have many inter-esting varieties, according to their scale, manner of deco-ration, and character of the nations by whom they arepractised; but all their… … Il.ATE 1.—EGYJTIAN. THE SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTUEE. 413 All the architects in the world will never discover anyother way of bridging a space than these three, the lintel,the round arch, the gable ; they may vary the curve of thearch, or curve the sides of the gable or break them down;but in doing this…
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