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... appear to be , it is extraordinary what a vast amount of character and force may be obtained by it , admirably ... appears to have been the origin of the Greek Anthemion ornament . On an Assyrian bronze bowl in the British Museum ...
... appear to be , it is extraordinary what a vast amount of character and force may be obtained by it , admirably ... appears to have been the origin of the Greek Anthemion ornament . On an Assyrian bronze bowl in the British Museum ...
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... appears to have much of the zig - zag outline . We have the sharp , spiky lobes again in the Grevillea Acanthifolia ( No. 7 ) , an example obtained from Kew Gardens , but from what country it comes I am not at all aware . In the sea ...
... appears to have much of the zig - zag outline . We have the sharp , spiky lobes again in the Grevillea Acanthifolia ( No. 7 ) , an example obtained from Kew Gardens , but from what country it comes I am not at all aware . In the sea ...
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... appears to be constantly looking out for projections upon which to place ornamentation . As upon pediments , cornices , key - stones , and other parts projecting beyond the general surface of the work - not at all taken out of the ...
... appears to be constantly looking out for projections upon which to place ornamentation . As upon pediments , cornices , key - stones , and other parts projecting beyond the general surface of the work - not at all taken out of the ...
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... appears to have been used by them as a medium in tempera . It becomes a water colour medium by admixture with egg or alkali . It is , however , of little moment to us , except for its archæological interest , what was used in such a ...
... appears to have been used by them as a medium in tempera . It becomes a water colour medium by admixture with egg or alkali . It is , however , of little moment to us , except for its archæological interest , what was used in such a ...
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... appears to have been this , viz . , to lay upon a secco wall ( i . e . , where the plaster had set ) a fresh wash of lime , into or upon which , before it set , the artist painted ad libitum . The methods commonly used in England were ...
... appears to have been this , viz . , to lay upon a secco wall ( i . e . , where the plaster had set ) a fresh wash of lime , into or upon which , before it set , the artist painted ad libitum . The methods commonly used in England were ...
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Página 7 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn at right angles to the touching line, the centre of the circle shall be in that line.
Página 36 - tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desires, And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain.
Página 10 - Architecture certainly possesses many principles in common with Poetry and Painting. Among those which may be reckoned as the first, is, that of affecting the imagination by means of association of ideas.
Página 2 - In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either of the acute angles to the opposite side produced, the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle, is greater than the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side...
Página 2 - THE angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another : and, if the equal sides be produced, the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal.
Página 7 - IF a straight line be drawn parallel to one of the sides of a triangle, it shall cut the other sides, or those produced, proportionally; and if the sides, or the sides produced, be cut proportionally, the straight line which joins the points of section shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle...
Página 165 - That, when the access and use of light to and for any dwelling-house, workshop, or other building, shall have been actually enjoyed therewith for the full period of twenty years without interruption, the right thereto shall be deemed absolute and indefeasible...
Página 7 - To describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base double of the third angle.
Página 170 - ... what principle can it be said that a person, by endeavouring to extend a right, must be held to have abandoned it ; when, so far from manifesting any such intention, he evinces his determination to retain it, and to acquire something beyond it? If under such circumstances abandonment of the right cannot be assumed, as little can it be said that it is a cause of forfeiture.
Página 10 - ... is, that of affecting the imagination by means of association of ideas. Thus, for instance, as we have naturally a veneration for antiquity, whatever building brings to our remembrance ancient customs and manners, such as the castles of the Barons of ancient chivalry, is sure to give this delight. Hence it is that towers and battlements...