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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... at Thebes . Arch . Dict . See also Vitruvius , lib . v . cap . 7. Very noble fresco paintings adorn the ceilings and walls of most of the Roman palaces of modern date . space in the centre of the roof was left open 17.
... at Thebes . Arch . Dict . See also Vitruvius , lib . v . cap . 7. Very noble fresco paintings adorn the ceilings and walls of most of the Roman palaces of modern date . space in the centre of the roof was left open 17.
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... roof was left open to the sky , called the Impluvium , through which the rain - water fell into the Compluvium , a square basin in the middle of the court , whence it flowed into cisterns for domestic use . Several of these reservoirs ...
... roof was left open to the sky , called the Impluvium , through which the rain - water fell into the Compluvium , a square basin in the middle of the court , whence it flowed into cisterns for domestic use . Several of these reservoirs ...
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... roof . This primitive form of Atrium could only be adopted in a small house ; for when the Cavædium was increased in its dimensions , the beams having too great a length would not bear the weight of the roof . The second kind of Atrium ...
... roof . This primitive form of Atrium could only be adopted in a small house ; for when the Cavædium was increased in its dimensions , the beams having too great a length would not bear the weight of the roof . The second kind of Atrium ...
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... roof , which , instead of being inclined towards the Impluvium in the middle of the court , conveyed the water outside the Cavædium . The fifth , called Testudine , having no open space at the top like the others , could only be ...
... roof , which , instead of being inclined towards the Impluvium in the middle of the court , conveyed the water outside the Cavædium . The fifth , called Testudine , having no open space at the top like the others , could only be ...
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... roof which concealed the frame - work was also painted ; a practice , says Pliny , introduced by Pausias of Sicyon . Ceilings formed in com- 1 A remarkable modern instance of this style of painting was executed by J. F. De Vries , at ...
... roof which concealed the frame - work was also painted ; a practice , says Pliny , introduced by Pausias of Sicyon . Ceilings formed in com- 1 A remarkable modern instance of this style of painting was executed by J. F. De Vries , at ...
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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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