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A POPULAR GUIDE TO THE APPRECIATION
OF BUILDINGS
By
RUSSELL STURGIS, A.M., Ph.D.
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Member of
The Architectural League of New York, The National
Sculpture Society, The National Society of Mural
Painters, etc., etc. Author of “Dictionary of
Architecture and Building,” “European
Architecture,” etc., etc.
NEW YORK: THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.
33-37 East Seventeenth St., Union Sq., North

CHAPTER		PAGE
[I.]	Early Greek Design	[11]
[II.]	Later Greek and Roman Design	[35]
[III.]	Early Mediæval Design	[66]
[IV.]	Central Mediæval Design	[93]
[V.]	Late Mediæval Design	[114]
[VI.]	Revived Classic Design	[131]
[VII.]	Later Revived Classic Design	[143]
[VIII.]	Eighteenth Century Design	[159]
[IX.]	Nineteenth Century: Imitative Design	[176]
[X.]	Nineteenth Century: Original Design	[192]

Illustrations

	St. Peter’s Church, Rome	[Frontispiece]
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[I.]	Hexastyle Doric Temple, Pæstum, Southern Italy	Facing [14]
[II.]	Parthenon, Athens	“ [15]
	Parthenon, Athens	“ [15]
[III.]	Theseum (Theseion), Athens	“ [24]
	Curvature of Stylobate of Parthenon	“ [24]
[IV.]	Restored Model of the Parthenon	“ [25]
[V.]	Erechtheum (Erechtheion) Athens	“ [36]
	Erechtheum, Athens	“ [36]
[VI.]	Erechtheum, Portico of Caryatides	“ [37]
[VII.]	Erechtheum	“ [38]
	Details of Entablature, Acropolis, Athens	“ [38]
	Corner Capital, Acropolis, Athens	“ [38]
[VIII.]	Temple of Athene Polias, Priene	“ [39]
[IX.]	Restored Model of Pantheon	“ [48]
	The Pantheon, Rome	“ [48]
[X.]	Ruins of Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome	“ [49]
	Ruins of Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome	“ [49]
[XI.]	Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome	“ [54]
[XII.]	Sculptured Details of Temple of Vespasian, Rome	“ [55]
	Arch of Trajan, at Benevento, Southern Italy	“ [55]
[XIII.]	Jerash, Syria (Ruins of Gerasa)	“ [60]
	Ancient City Gates of Gerasa	“ [60]
[XIV.]	Part of the Bounding Wall of the Forum of Nerva, Rome	“ [61]
[XV.]	Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome	“ [72]
[XVI.]	Interior of the Church of San Miniato, near Florence, Tuscany	“ [73]
[XVII.]	Church of Sant’ Ambrogio, Milan	“ [76]
[XVIII.]	Interior of Cathedral Tournai, Belgium	“ [77]
	Church of St. Martin (der Gross S. Martin) at Cologne, Rhenish Prussia	“ [77]
[XIX.]	Church of the Holy Apostles, Cologne, Rhenish Prussia	“ [80]
[XX.]	Cathedral of St. Martin, Mainz (Mayence) Hesse, Germany	“ [81]
[XXI.]	Tower of Church of St. Radegonde, Poitiers, (Vienne) France	“ [84]
[XXII.]	Church of Notre Dame la Grande, at Poitiers	“ [85]
[XXIII.]	Interior of Church Hagia Sophia, Constantinople	“ [88]
[XXIV.]	Exterior of Church Hagia Sophia, Constantinople	“ [89]
	Church of S. Theodore, Athens	“ [89]
[XXV.]	Monastery of Gelati near Kutais in the Caucasus	“ [90]
[XXVI.]	Chapel of Nancy, France	“ [91]
[XXVII.]	Interior of Amiens Cathedral	“ [98]
[XXVIII.]	Cathedral at Reims (Marne) France, Choir Aisle	“ [99]
	Cathedral at Reims (Marne) France, Choir Aisle, Different View	“ [99]
[XXIX.]	Cathedral at Amiens (Somme), France. Exterior	“ [102]
[XXX.]	Cathedral at Chartres (Eure et Loir)	“ [103]
[XXXI.]	Cathedral at Salisbury, Wilts, England	“ [108]
[XXXII.]	Bell Tower of Cathedral, Florence, Tuscany	“ [109]
[XXXIII.]	Cathedral at Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England	“ [120]
[XXXIV.]	Cathedral at Peterboro’, Northants, England	“ [121]
[XXXV.]	Westminster Abbey, London	“ [122]
[XXXVI.]	Chapel of Henry VII. (Willis drawing)	“ [123]
[XXXVII.]	Church of Brou, at Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain), France	“ [124]
[XXXVIII.]	Church of Saint Wulfran, Abbeville (Somme), France	“ [125]
[XXXIX.]	Townhall of Audenarde, Belgium	“ [126]
[XL.]	Outer Porch, Albi (Tarn), France	“ [127]
[XLI.]	South Porch, Albi (Tarn), France	“ [128]
[XLII.]	The Loggia dei Lanzi at Florence	“ [129]
[XLIII.]	Chapel of the Pazzi, Church of Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany	“ [134]
[XLIV.]	Palazzo Rucellai, Florence	“ [135]
[XLV.]	Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Tuscany	“ [138]
	Palazzo Riccardi, Florence	“ [138]
[XLVI.]	Courtyard of the Palazzo della Cancellaria, Rome	“ [139]
[XLVII.]	Cloister, Santa Maria della Pace, Rome	“ [140]
[XLVIII.]	Courtyard of Palazzo di Venezia, Rome	“ [141]
[XLIX.]	Courtyard of Palazzo Borghese, Rome	“ [142]
[L.]	Château at Blois (Loir et Cher), France	“ [148]
[LI.]	Royal Château at Blois (Loir et Cher), France	“ [148]
[LII.]	Château of Écouen (Seine et Oise), France	“ [149]
	Wollaton Hall, Notts, England	“ [149]
[LIII.]	Hall of Middle Temple, London	“ [152]
[LIV.]	Church of the Theatiner Monks at Munich, Bavaria	“ [153]
	Ducal Palace, Genoa, Italy	“ [153]
[LV.]	Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Piedmont, Italy	“ [172]
	Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy	“ [172]
[LVI.]	Exhibitions Building (Kunstausstellungs-Gebäude,) Munich, Bavaria	“ [173]
	Gateway Building (Propylæa), Munich	“ [173]
[LVII.]	Interior of St. George’s Church, Doncaster, Yorks, England	“ [190]
	Exterior of Church of St. George, Doncaster	“ [190]
[LVIII.]	Trinity Church, Boston, Mass	“ [191]
[LIX.]	Cathedral at Truro, Cornwall, England	“ [196]
[LX.]	Apartment House, “St. Alban’s Mansions,” London	“ [197]
[LXI.]	West Ham Institute, Sussex, England	“ [204]
[LXII.]	House and Beer-shop (zum Spaten) Berlin, Prussia	“ [205]
[LXIII.]	Club-House, Cercle de la Librairie, Paris	“ [208]
[LXIV.]	Building of N. Y. Life Insurance Co., St. Paul, Minn.	“ [209]

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