Project Gutenberg 2009-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 141 Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger) 1830 1903 Smith, Roger T. (Roger Thomas) Smith, Thomas Roger Slater, John 1847 1924 Architecture: Classic and Early Christian Produced by Chris Curnow, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Architecture: Classic and Early Christian" by T. Roger Smith and John Slater is an illustrated handbook on architectural history written in the late 19th century. This volume focuses on the architectural styles and developments of ancient civilizations, through to early Christian architecture, aiming to provide a clear overview without delving into excessive technical detail. The authors intend to offer insights into how various architectural styles are linked, emphasizing the evolution from Egyptian to Roman designs and on to early Christian contributions. The opening of the handbook outlines its purpose and structure, explaining the decision to classify architecture into distinct styles based on key building techniques, specifically focusing on beam (trabeated) and arched (round-arched) systems. The authors discuss the historical and geographical divisions that influenced architectural development, noting significant styles such as Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Early Christian architectures. By emphasizing the links between these styles and their contributions to modern European architecture, the introduction sets the stage for a comprehensive examination of notable architectural works and their characteristics throughout the ensuing chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Architecture -- History Church architecture NA Text Browsing: Architecture Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: History - General 511947 511912 2024-09-12T15:49:03.380144 2023-09-13T07:46:37.430134 text/html text/html 508603 2009-08-22T09:55:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 9444792 2009-08-22T09:55:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 9592960 2024-09-12T15:49:18.196062 application/epub+zip 9598455 2024-09-12T15:49:07.271154 application/epub+zip 235958 2024-09-12T15:49:05.104124 application/epub+zip 9933057 2024-09-12T15:49:25.256043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9887526 2024-09-12T15:49:15.858257 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389753 2022-09-13T17:04:25.176517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374938 374846 2024-09-12T15:49:00.944060 2023-09-13T07:46:35.531112 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 374564 2009-08-22T09:55:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133645 2009-08-22T09:55:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 374657 2009-08-22T09:55:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133519 2009-08-22T09:55:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20672 2024-09-12T15:49:25.437952 application/rdf+xml 20379 2024-09-12T15:49:05.542099 image/jpeg 4588 2024-09-12T15:49:05.322102 image/jpeg 9585994 2024-09-12T15:49:03.944070 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog