Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 153
them. 132 HFS TO RIG ORNA ME XT, The Chaldeans, as would naturally be expected, usedthe arch construction very much in their brick buildings,as it would be the only means of carrying roofs and upperfloors, where stone and timber could not easily be obtained (Fig- 175)- The use of the column in… … Fig- 173-—Triumphal Gate at the entrance of the Palace. (M.) or tabernacles; sometimes, indeed, used in a disengagedway, as proved by the views of small temples on the bas-reliefs (Figs. 176, 177, 178). The use of the column wasnot in accord with the principles of their architecture, andwas only to…
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