Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 303
2 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. roof, which is, as a rule, supported on posts, independentof them. In the gateways to the Confucian temples some attemptsat architectural construction are seen, where a columnwould have a proper capital and a base, and a lintel orarched opening would appear. These Pae-lus or… … Fig. 330.—Gateway of the Temple of Confucius, Shanghai. Utility, as in their finely-constructed bridges, their canals,and more particularly in the Great Wall, built to protecttheir country from the incursions of the Northern hordes,and which is a monument at the same time to their nativelove of…
Decoration and ornament -- History · Architecture -- History
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