A book with more than enough information if you wanted to find out about classic and Christian architecture. The author takes us along development of architecture from ancient world, through the architecture of the Christendom, up to the times of Crusades. Discussed is the architecture of Egypt, Assyria, Persia, and Greece. As the Romans came to power, they built upon the foundation of Greek architecture. As the Roman Empire fell, architecture goes through Basilican, the Byzantine, the Romanesque, and Saracenic phases.
ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOKS OF ART HISTORY
OF ALL AGES
ARCHITECTURE
CLASSIC AND EARLY CHRISTIAN
BY PROFESSOR T. ROGER SMITH, F.R.I.B.A.
AND
JOHN SLATER, B.A., F.R.I.B.A.
THE PARTHENON AT ATHENS, AS IT WAS IN THE TIME OF PERICLES, circa B.C. 438.
ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOKS OF ART HISTORY
ARCHITECTURE
CLASSIC AND EARLY CHRISTIAN
BY T. ROGER SMITH, F.R.I.B.A.
Professor of Architecture, University Coll. London
AND
JOHN SLATER, B.A., F.R.I.B.A.
ATRIUM OF A ROMAN MANSION.
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET
1882.
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LONDON. PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
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