How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 38
to the time of its subjugation by the Romans, whichreached its climax in the first century of the Christianera, Europe was in the fullest sense a barbaric country.The population consisted almost entirely of maraudingtribes. The only culture of consequence was along thegreat Mediterranean trade… … FIG. I—EGYPTIAN COLUMNS FROM THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR coast of Asia, but in a limited degree, as the particularbuilding material of the country, soft sandstone or lime-stone, was not found elsewhere (Fig. i). As it was, India, Persia, and Assyria, especially Assyria, 15 HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE…
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