Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 394
inte-rior as well as the exterior. It is a Greek cross, measur-ing 362 X 267 feet, with a dome 265 feet high, and in-ternally 69 feet in diameter. The four arms have domicalvaulting and narrow aisles separated by Corinthian col-umns. The whole interior is a cold but extremely elegantcomposition.… … FIG. 202. -FLAN OF PANTHEON,PARIS. 362 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. The dome, which is of stone throughout, has three shells,the intermediate shell serving to support the heavy stonelantern. The architect was Soufflot (1713-81). The GrandTheatre, at Bordeaux (1773, by Victor Louis), one of thelargest…
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