An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural Disposition and Enrichments;: And on the Remains of the Roman Domestic Edifices Discovered in Great BritainLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 - 179 sidor |
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... pavement , beautiful in appearance and of imperishable solidity , was composed of the rarest marbles fixed in a bed of cement . Horace speaks of .... the rich Floor with inlaid marble bright 2 . The Atrium was an architectural ...
... pavement , beautiful in appearance and of imperishable solidity , was composed of the rarest marbles fixed in a bed of cement . Horace speaks of .... the rich Floor with inlaid marble bright 2 . The Atrium was an architectural ...
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... pavements of these rooms bore such inscriptions as BENE . DORMIO . & c . In others , the walls were painted in Opera Topiaria , resembling bowers composed of green branches with birds perched , or on the wing . One chamber also had ...
... pavements of these rooms bore such inscriptions as BENE . DORMIO . & c . In others , the walls were painted in Opera Topiaria , resembling bowers composed of green branches with birds perched , or on the wing . One chamber also had ...
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... pavement ' ; from the entablature were suspended veils tinged with purple , and embroidered with pearls , gathered in the Ery- threan sea on the coast of Arabia . The whole plan of this suite comprehended a court in the centre , with a ...
... pavement ' ; from the entablature were suspended veils tinged with purple , and embroidered with pearls , gathered in the Ery- threan sea on the coast of Arabia . The whole plan of this suite comprehended a court in the centre , with a ...
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... pavement . The picture is placed on an easel , near to which stands a small mar- ble table containing hollows for the necessary variety of tints ; at a distance in the same pic- ture appears an old woman grinding colours ; while another ...
... pavement . The picture is placed on an easel , near to which stands a small mar- ble table containing hollows for the necessary variety of tints ; at a distance in the same pic- ture appears an old woman grinding colours ; while another ...
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... pavement , or Lithostratum , was introduced into Rome from Persia in the time of Sylla , and succeeded the painted floor of the Greeks . Pliny is replete in his description of all kinds of mosaic pavements , which , as objects of ...
... pavement , or Lithostratum , was introduced into Rome from Persia in the time of Sylla , and succeeded the painted floor of the Greeks . Pliny is replete in his description of all kinds of mosaic pavements , which , as objects of ...
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An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age: Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age: Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
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