A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volumes 1 and 2, 3rd ed. / From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

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EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

NOTE.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

INTRODUCTION.

PART I.

PART II.

PART I. ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE.

BOOK I. EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER II. THE PYRAMIDS AND CONTEMPORARY MONUMENTS.

CHAPTER III. FIRST THEBAN KINGDOM.

CHAPTER IV. PHARAONIC KINGDOM.

CHAPTER V GREEK AND ROMAN PERIOD.

CHAPTER VI. ETHIOPIA.

BOOK II.

CHAPTER I. ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER II. CHALDEAN TEMPLES.

CHAPTER III. ASSYRIAN PALACES.

CHAPTER IV. PERSIA.

CHAPTER V. INVENTION OF THE ARCH.

CHAPTER VI. JUDEA.

CHAPTER VII. ASIA MINOR.

BOOK III.

CHAPTER I. GREECE.

CHAPTER II. HELLENIC GREECE.

BOOK IV. ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER I. ETRURIA.

CHAPTER II. ROME.

CHAPTER III. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER IV. BASILICAS, THEATRES, AND BATHS.

CHAPTER V. TRIUMPHAL ARCHES, TOMBS, AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

CHAPTER VI. PARTHIAN AND SASSANIAN ARCHITECTURE.

PART II. CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE.

BOOK I. BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. (2)

CHAPTER II. BASILICAS.

CHAPTER III. CIRCULAR OR DOMICAL BUILDINGS.

CHAPTER IV. NEO-BYZANTINE STYLE.

CHAPTER V. ARMENIA.

CHAPTER VI. ROCK-CUT CHURCHES.

CHAPTER VII. MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE OF RUSSIA.

BOOK II. ITALY.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. (3)

CHAPTER II. EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE-LOMBARDIC STYLES.

CHAPTER III. CIRCULAR CHURCHES.

CHAPTER IV. LOMBARD AND ROUND-ARCHED GOTHIC.

CHAPTER V. BYZANTINE-ROMANESQUE.

CHAPTER VI. POINTED ITALIAN GOTHIC.

A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN ALL COUNTRIES, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. (2)

PART II. CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. Continued.

BOOK II. ITALY. Continued.

CHAPTER VII. CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VIII. SICILY.

CHAPTER IX. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN PALESTINE.

BOOK III. FRANCE.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II. AQUITANIA.

CHAPTER III. ANJOU.

CHAPTER IV. AUVERGNE.

CHAPTER V. BURGUNDY.

CHAPTER VI. FRANKISH PROVINCE.

CHAPTER VII. NORMANDY.

CHAPTER VIII. FRANKISH ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER IX. FRENCH GOTHIC CATHEDRALS.

CHAPTER X.

BOOK IV. BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.

CHAPTER I. (2)

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III. HOLLAND.

BOOK V. GERMANY.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. (4)

CHAPTER II. BASILICAS. (2)

CHAPTER III. CIRCULAR CHURCHES. (2)

CHAPTER IV. DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER V. POINTED STYLE IN GERMANY.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII. NORTHERN GERMANY. ( Baltic Provinces. ) BRICK ARCHITECTURE.

BOOK VI.

CHAPTER I. SCANDINAVIA.

BOOK VII.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. ENGLAND.

CHAPTER II. SAXON ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER III. ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER IV. ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND.

CHAPTER V. IRELAND.

BOOK VIII. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. (5)

CHAPTER II. CONTENTS.

CHAPTER III. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER IV. PORTUGAL.

PART III. SARACENIC AND ANCIENT AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I. SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE IN CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES; OR, BYZANTINE SARACENIC.

CHAPTER II. SYRIA AND EGYPT.

CHAPTER III. SPAIN.

CHAPTER IV. TURKEY.

CHAPTER V. PERSIA.

BOOK II. ANCIENT AMERICA.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. (6)

CHAPTER II. CENTRAL AMERICA.

CHAPTER III. PERU.

INDEX TO VOLS. I. AND II.

Footnotes

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Scale bars marked '1 in.' have been added to illustrations for which a scale is given (e.g. 50 ft. to 1 in.) to indicate the size of the image as printed in the original book. Ditto marks have been replaced by the text they represent. Some corrections have been made to the printed text. These are listed in a second transcriber’s note at the end of the text.

ELEVATION OF FAÇADE OF COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.

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HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
 
IN ALL COUNTRIES,
 
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY.

By JAMES FERGUSSON, D.C.L., F.R.S., M.R.A.S.,
FELLOW ROYAL INST. BRIT. ARCHITECTS,
&c. &c. &c.

Section of the Parthenon, showing the Author’s views as to the admission of light.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.—Vol. I.
THIRD EDITION.
Edited by R. PHENÉ SPIERS, F.S.A.,
FELLOW ROYAL INST. BRITISH ARCHITECTS.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET,
1893.
The right of Translation is reserved.
FERGUSSON’S ARCHITECTURE.

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