The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 98
ore and less architectural than in any otherdirection. The more important of the tombs consist ofhorseshoe-shaped walls of granite or marble set uponterraces, approached by flights of steps, and piercedwith a door leading int<» a vault (Fig. 24). Thevault is underground, as a rule, for the… … Fig. 24.—Chinese tomb. wise dignified architectural object appears awkwardand insignificant. The tombs of the Ming emperors are preceded bytemples, altars, triumphal arches, and long avenuesflanked by statues of men and animals ; but the lastresting places of the lower orders of society canscarcely…
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