Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 114
THE ROMAN TRADITION with detached or engaged orders, they sum up both the vanityand the power of Roman architecture. Characteristic, too, are the theaters and amphitheaters ofthe Romans (111. 28, 29, 30) — vast heaps of masonry beforewhich, for all their debased detail, it is impossible to stand…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture
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