A history of architecture for the student, craftsman, and amateur : being a comparative view of the historical styles from the earliest period (1896)
Fletcher, Banister, 1833-1899, Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953 · London : B.T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 94
lts ofthe first and fruitful excavations in these thermae, during theRenaissance period. In plan alone, the baths are worthy of study, for while])roviding for the practical requirements of the bathers, careis taken to lead on from room to saloon and on to the greathall, which is the largest and… … ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 63 upon the spectator. (In Viollet-le-Diics lectures, there is adrawing of the Frigidarium restored, which gives one agood idea of the effect produced.) In the constructionof the vaults the system was that described on page 60 forthe Basilica of Maxentius; while the Caldarium,…
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