A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 180
44. View of Temple at Pliil*. surpassed them in refinement and beauty of detail, and in the class ofsculpture with which they ornamented their buildings, while theGothic architects far excelled them in constructive cleverness ; butwith these exceptions no other styles can be put in competition with … 45. Plan of Temple at Phila. Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. them. At the same time, neither Grecian nor Gothic architects under-stood more perfectly all the gradations of art, and the exact characterthat should be given to every form and every detail. Whether it wasthe plain flat-sided pyramid, the crowded…
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