CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
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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]