The earlier chapters of this volume were chiefly written by Mr. Slater, who very kindly consented to assist in the preparation of it; but I am of course, as editor, jointly responsible with him for the contents. The [Introduction], Chapters [V.] to [VII.], and from Chapter [X.] to the end, have been written by myself: and if our work shall in any degree assist the reader to understand, and stimulate him to admire, the architecture of the far-off past; above all, if it enables him to appreciate our vast indebtedness to Greek art, and in a lesser degree to the art of other nations who have occupied the stage of the world, the aim which the writers have kept in view will not have been missed.
T. Roger Smith.
University College, London.
May, 1882.
Frieze from Church at Denkendorf.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| 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] |