Inside Out Library · Explore

A text-book of the history of architecture (1904)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 439

An illustration from A text-book of the history of architecture, 1904, leaf 439
one of wooden braces or struts are among its distin-guishing features. JAINA TEMPLES. The earliest examples are on Mount Abu 4o6 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. in the Indian Desert, Built by Vimalah Sah in 1032, thechief of these consists of a court measuring 140x90 feet,surrounded by cells and a double… … FIG. 226. — IOKCH OF TEMPLE ON MOUNT ABU. intersection of the arms is covered by a dome supported oneight columns with stone brackets or struts. The domeand columns are covered with profuse carving and sculpt-ured figures, and the total effect is one of remarkabledignity and splendor. The temple of…

Architecture -- History

Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from A text-book of the history of architecture

More like this