L 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 (Thermae). 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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE PARTHENON AT ATHENS, AS IT WAS IN THE TIME OF
PERICLES, _circa_ B.C. 438. _Frontispiece_

ATRIUM OF A ROMAN MANSION. (_on title-page_)

FRIEZE FROM CHURCH AT DENKENDORF. x

ROCK-CUT TOMB AT MYRA, IN LYCIA. IMITATION OF
TIMBER CONSTRUCTION IN STONE. xviii

THE TEMPLE OF VESTA AT TIVOLI. xxiv

1. OPENING SPANNED BY A LINTEL. ARCH OF THE GOLDSMITHS,
ROME. 3

2. OPENING SPANNED BY A SEMICIRCULAR ARCH. ROMAN TRIUMPHAL
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