| Frederick William Fairholt - 1854 - 516 sidor
...of the apartment. " The atrium was unquestionably the most essential and most interesting part of a Roman mansion ; it was here that numbers assembled...public from an apparent intimacy with a man in power."* ATTITUDE. The position of the whole body in a state of immobility, either instantaneous or continued.... | |
| Frederick William Fairholt - 1870 - 496 sidor
...interesting part of a Roman mansion; it was hero that numbers assembled daily to pay their respects to then- patron, to consult the legislator, to attract the...public from an apparent intimacy with a man in power."* ATTITUDE. The position of the whole body in a state of immobility, either instantaneous or continued.... | |
| John William Mollett - 1883 - 370 sidor
...Moult. Fig. 49. Atrium, with lo.iic colirn is. the most essential and the most interesting part of a Roman mansion ; it was here that numbers assembled...attract the notice of the statesman, or to derive imFig. 50. Atrium, with Doric columns. I hiring the Middle Ages the term atrium was used to denote... | |
| Frederick Litchfield - 1899 - 464 sidor
...room, was probably the best furniture in the house. According to Moule's " Essay on Roman Villas," " it was here that numbers assembled daily to pay their...public from an apparent intimacy with a man in power." The growth of the Roman Empire eastward, the colonisation of Oriental countries, and subsequently the... | |
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