A History of Architecture

abacus aisles ancient appears apse Arabian arcades archi architects architrave basilicas beauty buildings Byzantine Byzantine architecture capital Cathedral chancel Chapel character choir Christian churches classical clerestory columns construction Corinthian cupola decoration distinct dome doorways Doric Early Gothic effect Egypt Egyptian England enriched entablature erected examples excavations exhibit existence feature foliage gables Geometrical German glorious Gothic archi Gothic architecture Gothic art Grecian Grecian architecture Greece Greek heathen height idea imitation Italian Italy jambs Lancet latter less Lombard magnificent Minster monuments mouldings nations nave Norman occur octagonal origin ornament outline Oxford Cathedral Pelasgian perfect period Perpendicular pier pier-arches pilasters pillars pointed arch portico principle proportions pure remains remarkable Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof round arch rude Saracens Saxon sculpture shafts sometimes spire splendour square stone structures style tecture temple Teutonic tion tower tracery Transition triforium ture vaulting vertical wall whole