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

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

James Fergusson

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  • Book language: English
  • 1435 pages

A History of Architecture in All Countries is James Fergusson's wide-ranging historical survey of building traditions around the world, from ancient times to the nineteenth century. It traces styles, structures and regional developments in a clear narrative. It is worth listening to for a broad, informed overview of architecture's global past.

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Transcriber’s Note

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 Ditto marks have been replaced by the text they represent.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.

A

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

IN ALL COUNTRIES,

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY.

BΏ 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.—VLjƯ. I.

THIRD EDITION.

EŠƗǵŧŠ œΏ 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.

Third Edition, with 330 Illustrations, 2 vols., medium 8vo, 31s. 6d.

A HISTORY CF THE MODERN STYLES OF

ARCHITECTURE.

By the late JAMES FERGUSSON, F.R.S.

A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With a Special Account of the

Architecture of America.

By ROBERT KERR, Professor of Architecture at King’s College,

London.

BY THE SAME.

New and Cheaper Edition, with 400 Illustrations, medium 8vo., 31s. 6d.

A HISTORY OF INDIAN AND EASTERN

ARCHITECTURE.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

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Contents

  1. A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN ALL COUNTRIES, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY.
  2. EDITOR’S PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
  3. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
  4. FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  5. NOTE.
  6. CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
  7. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  8. INTRODUCTION.
  9. PART I.
  10. PART II.
  11. PART I.—ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE.
  12. BOOK I. EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.
  13. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
  14. CHAPTER II. THE PYRAMIDS AND CONTEMPORARY MONUMENTS.
  15. CHAPTER III. FIRST THEBAN KINGDOM.
  16. CHAPTER IV. PHARAONIC KINGDOM.
  17. CHAPTER V GREEK AND ROMAN PERIOD.
  18. CHAPTER VI. ETHIOPIA.
  19. BOOK II.
  20. CHAPTER I. ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE.
  21. CHAPTER II. CHALDEAN TEMPLES.
  22. CHAPTER III. ASSYRIAN PALACES.
  23. CHAPTER IV. PERSIA.
  24. CHAPTER V. INVENTION OF THE ARCH.
  25. CHAPTER VI. JUDEA.
  26. CHAPTER VII. ASIA MINOR.
  27. BOOK III.
  28. CHAPTER I. GREECE.
  29. CHAPTER II. HELLENIC GREECE.
  30. BOOK IV. ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE.

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