How to Study Architecture by Charles H. Caffin (reading the story of the .TXT) 📖

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">163 S. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna 192 S. Apollinare-in-Classe, Ravenna 192 Church of Kalb-Lauzeh, Syria 193 Church of Turmanin, Syria 193 Tomb of Galla Placidia 202 Interior of San Vitale, Ravenna 202 Diagram Showing Pendentives 202 Section of SS. Sergius and Bacchus, Constantinople 202 Section of S. Sophia, Constantinople 202 Diagram showing how a dome rests on eight piers enclosing an octagon, by niches or squinches 202 Exterior of S. Sophia, Constantinople 203 Interior of S. Sophia, Constantinople 203 Plan of S. Sophia, Constantinople 203 Plan of S. Mark’s, Venice 203 Exterior of St. Mark’s, Venice 203 Mosque of El Azhar, Cairo 220 Suleimaniyeh or Mosque of Suleiman 220 Arcades of the Mosque, now Cathedral, of Cordova 220 Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Spain 220 Palace of Ispahan, Persia. Conjectured Restoration of Pavilion of Mirrors and Gardens 221 College of Shah Hussein, Restoration; Ispahan, Persia 221 Mosque of Akbur, Futtehpore-Sikri, India 221 Taj Mahal, Agra, India 221 Pisa Cathedral, Campanile and Baptistry 240 Interior of Pisa Cathedral 240 S. Ambrogio, Milan 240 S. Michele, Pavia 240 The Certosa, or Church of the Carthusian Order, Pavia 240 Church of Vézelay, France 240 Church of Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen 240 Remains of the Church of Cluny Abbey 240 Church of the Apostles, Cologne 241 Doorway of Salamanca Cathedral 241 Anglo-Saxon Tower, Earl’s Barton, Northamptonshire 241 Iffley Church, near Oxford 241 S. John’s Chapel, Tower of London 241 Nave of Durham Cathedral 241 Peterborough Cathedral 241 English Romanesque Detail 241 Sculptured Details from Amiens Cathedral Doorway 270 Skeleton Structure, showing method of vaulting, by means of pointed arch, and concentration of thrusts and counter-thrusts 270 Gothic Detail 270 Gothic Detail 270 Gothic Detail 270 Gothic Detail 271 Gothic Detail 271 Gothic Detail 271 Exterior and Interior Views of Lichfield Cathedral Showing the Nave Widening 271 Notre Dame, Paris, Plan 280 Amiens Cathedral, Plan 280 Amiens Cathedral 280 Notre Dame, Paris 280 Rouen Cathedral 280 Rheims Cathedral 280 Interior of Notre Dame Cathedral 281 Interior of Amiens Cathedral 281 Interior of Rheims Cathedral 281 Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde, Rouen 281 House of Jacques Cœur 281 Sainte Chapelle, Paris 281 Nave of Norwich Cathedral 286 Salisbury Cathedral, Interior 286 York Minster, West Façade 286 Lincoln Cathedral 286 Wells Cathedral, West Façade 287 Winchester Cathedral 287 Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster 287 Westminster Hall, Timber Roof 287 Strasburg Cathedral 300 Ratisbon Cathedral 300 Town Hall of Munster 300 Cathedral of S. Gudule, Brussels 300 Cologne Cathedral 300 Cloth Hall of Ypres 300 Town Hall, Louvain 301 Town Hall, Brussels 301 Mechlin Cathedral 301 Antwerp Cathedral 301 Toledo Cathedral 301 Burgos Cathedral 301 Siena Cathedral, Interior 310 San Miniato, Florence; Marble Façade 310 Cathedral of Florence and Campanile 310 Doge’s Palace, Venice 310 Siena Cathedral, Campanile attached 311 Orvieto Cathedral, West Façade 311 Milan Cathedral 311 Milan Cathedral, Interior 311 Pazzi Chapel, S. Croce, Florence 338 Santa Maria Novella, Florence 338 Strozzi Palace, Florence 338 Caprarola Palace 338 Gvimane Palace, Venice 339 Basilica Vicenza 339 Doge’s Palace, Venice; Renaissance Portal 339 S. Maria della Salute, Venice 339 Riccardi Palace, Florence 356 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence 356 Ca d’Oro, Venice 356 Vendramini Palace, Venice 356 Farnese Palace, Rome 356 Court of the Farnese Palace 356 Capitol Palaces, Rome 357 Library of S. Mark, Venice 357 S. Spirito, Florence 357 S. Andrea, Mantua 357 S. Peter’s, Rome 357 Interior of S. Peter’s, Rome 357 Château de Blois. Gothic part built by Louis XII 374 Maison François I, Paris 374 Château de Blois. Part added by Francis I 374 Château de Chambord 374 Luxembourg Palace 375 Plan showing growth of Louvre 375 Pavilion de l’Horloge, Louvre 375 Castle of Heidelberg 390 Another View of the Heinrichsbau 390 Bremen City Hall 390 Pellershaus, Nüremburg 390 Antwerp City Hall 390 Liège, Court of Palais de Justice 390 College of Santa Cruz, Valladolid 391 Court of the Casa de Zaporta 391 Court of the College of Alcala de Henares 391 Elevation and Plan of uncompleted Palace Charles V 391 The Escoriál 391 Plan of The Escoriál 391 Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire 410 Banqueting Hall, Whitehall 410 Haddon Hall, Derbyshire 410 Haddon Hall; the Long Gallery 410 S. Paul’s Cathedral, London 411 S. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London 411 Old Charlton, Kent 411 Georgian Chimney piece and overmantel 411 Christ Church, Philadelphia 428 Home of the Poet Longfellow, Cambridge, Mass. 428 Washington’s Home at Mount Vernon 429 Another Southern Colonial example, Montgomery, Ala. 429 La Madeleine, Paris 436 S. George’s Hall, Liverpool 436 Panthéon, Paris 436 Arc de l’Etoile, Paris 436 Opera House, Paris 436 State House, Boston 436 Capitol at Washington 436 City Hall, New York 437 St. Thomas, New York 437 Houses of Parliament 437 Plan of the Houses of Parliament 437 Scotland Yard 454 Woodburn Hall, New Windsor, N. Y. 454 Trinity Church, Boston 454 County Buildings, Pittsburg 454 The Breakers, Newport, R. I. 454 Detail of residence of Mr. Thomas Hastings, Westbury, Long Island 454 Schiller Theatre Building, Chicago 455 Woolworth Building 455 Steel Cage Construction. Scene in lower New York 455

 

 

 

 

BOOK I HOW TO STUDY ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS

Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting share the distinctive title of the Fine Arts, or, as the