CONTENTS.
John Slater
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION.
1
CHAPTER II.
EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.
Pyramids. Tombs. Temples. Analysis of Buildings.
14
CHAPTER III.
WEST ASIATIC ARCHITECTURE.
Babylonian. Assyrian. Persian. Analysis of Buildings.
43
CHAPTER IV.
ORIENTAL ARCHITECTURE.
Hindu. Chinese and Japanese.
64
CHAPTER V.
GREEK ARCHITECTURE.
Buildings of the Doric Order.
80
CHAPTER VI.
Buildings of the Ionic and Corinthian Orders.
102
CHAPTER VII.
Analysis of Greek Architecture. The Plan. The Walls. The Roof. The Openings. The Columns. The Ornaments. Architectural Character.
117
CHAPTER VIII.
ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE.
Historical and General Sketch.
138
CHAPTER IX.
The Buildings of the Romans. Basilicas. Theatres and Amphitheatres. Baths (ThermÆ). Bridges and Aqueducts. Commemorative Monuments. Domestic Architecture.
147
CHAPTER X.
Analysis of Roman Architecture. The Plan. The Walls. The Roofs. The Openings. The Columns. The Ornaments. Architectural Character.
182
CHAPTER XI.
EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE.
Basilicas in Rome and Italy.
198
CHAPTER XII.
BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE.
210
CHAPTER XIII.
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE.
222
CHAPTER XIV.
CHRISTIAN ROUND-ARCHED ARCHITECTURE.
Analysis of Basilican, Byzantine, and Romanesque.
240
CHAPTER XV.
MOHAMMEDAN ARCHITECTURE.
Egypt, Syria and Palestine, Sicily and Spain, Persia and India.
252
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