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A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volumes 1 and 2

James Fergusson · Public domain text

433,496 words · about 30 h 21 min to read

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Author
James Fergusson (1808–1886)
Language
English
Subjects
Architecture › History
Length
433,496 words · about 30 h 21 min
Sections
102 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (102)
  1. Opening about 30 min
  2. Introduction under 1 min
  3. II. ETHNOGRAPHY AS APPLIED TO ARCHITECTURAL ART under 1 min
  4. I. ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE under 1 min
  5. I. EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE under 1 min
  6. II. ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE under 1 min
  7. III. GRECIAN ARCHITECTURE under 1 min
  8. IV. ETRUSCAN, ROMAN, PARTHIAN AND SASSANIAN ARCHITECTURE under 1 min
  9. I. BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE under 1 min
  10. II. ITALY about 17 min
  11. I. SECTION I about 1 h 36 min
  12. II. I.—ETHNOGRAPHY AS APPLIED TO ARCHITECTURAL ART about 1 h 3 min
  13. I. ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE about 6 min
  14. I. INTRODUCTORY about 10 min
  15. II. THE PYRAMIDS AND CONTEMPORARY MONUMENTS about 20 min
  16. III. FIRST THEBAN KINGDOM about 11 min
  17. IV. PHARAONIC KINGDOM about 31 min
  18. V. GREEK AND ROMAN PERIOD about 9 min
  19. VI. ETHIOPIA about 5 min
  20. I. ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE about 11 min
  21. II. CHALDEAN TEMPLES about 12 min
  22. III. ASSYRIAN PALACES about 27 min
  23. IV. PERSIA about 22 min
  24. V. INVENTION OF THE ARCH about 7 min
  25. VI. JUDEA about 12 min
  26. VII. ASIA MINOR about 13 min
  27. I. GREECE about 16 min
  28. II. HELLENIC GREECE about 49 min
  29. I. ETRURIA about 19 min
  30. Introduction about 6 min
  31. III. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE about 32 min
  32. IV. BASILICAS, THEATRES, AND BATHS about 26 min
  33. V. TRIUMPHAL ARCHES, TOMBS, AND OTHER BUILDINGS about 57 min
  34. VI. PARTHIAN AND SASSANIAN ARCHITECTURE about 23 min
  35. II. CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE about 9 min
  36. I. INTRODUCTORY about 6 min
  37. II. BASILICAS about 14 min
  38. III. CIRCULAR OR DOMICAL BUILDINGS about 23 min
  39. IV. NEO-BYZANTINE STYLE about 15 min
  40. V. ARMENIA about 15 min
  41. VI. ROCK-CUT CHURCHES about 3 min
  42. VII. MEDIÆVAL ARCHITECTURE OF RUSSIA about 18 min
  43. I. INTRODUCTORY about 6 min
  44. II. EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE-LOMBARDIC STYLES about 49 min
  45. III. CIRCULAR CHURCHES about 21 min
  46. IV. LOMBARD AND ROUND-ARCHED GOTHIC about 32 min
  47. V. BYZANTINE-ROMANESQUE about 26 min
  48. VI. POINTED ITALIAN GOTHIC about 34 min
  49. II. ITALY under 1 min
  50. III. FRANCE under 1 min
  51. IV. BELGIUM AND HOLLAND under 1 min
  52. V. GERMANY under 1 min
  53. VI. SCANDINAVIA under 1 min
  54. VII. ENGLAND under 1 min
  55. VIII. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL under 1 min
  56. Book I under 1 min
  57. II. ANCIENT AMERICA about 16 min
  58. II. CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE under 1 min
  59. VII. CONTENTS about 22 min
  60. VIII. SICILY about 15 min
  61. IX. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN PALESTINE about 9 min
  62. I. CONTENTS about 34 min
  63. II. AQUITANIA about 20 min
  64. III. ANJOU about 10 min
  65. IV. AUVERGNE about 6 min
  66. V. BURGUNDY about 12 min
  67. VI. FRANKISH PROVINCE about 7 min
  68. VII. NORMANDY about 14 min
  69. VIII. FRANKISH ARCHITECTURE about 19 min
  70. IX. FRENCH GOTHIC CATHEDRALS about 39 min
  71. X. CONTENTS about 36 min
  72. I. CONTENTS about 19 min
  73. II. CONTENTS about 9 min
  74. III. HOLLAND about 5 min
  75. I. INTRODUCTORY about 6 min
  76. II. BASILICAS about 37 min
  77. III. CIRCULAR CHURCHES about 10 min
  78. IV. DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE about 10 min
  79. V. POINTED STYLE IN GERMANY about 38 min
  80. VI. CONTENTS about 10 min
  81. VII. NORTHERN GERMANY about 11 min
  82. I. SCANDINAVIA about 20 min
  83. I. INTRODUCTORY about 11 min
  84. II. SAXON ARCHITECTURE about 5 min
  85. III. ENGLISH MEDIÆVAL ARCHITECTURE about 1 h 13 min
  86. IV. ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND about 18 min
  87. V. IRELAND about 18 min
  88. I. INTRODUCTORY under 1 min
  89. Introduction about 6 min
  90. II. CONTENTS about 35 min
  91. III. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE about 4 min
  92. IV. PORTUGAL about 6 min
  93. Chapter I about 1 min
  94. Introduction about 6 min
  95. II. SYRIA AND EGYPT about 30 min
  96. III. SPAIN about 20 min
  97. IV. TURKEY about 15 min
  98. V. PERSIA about 17 min
  99. I. INTRODUCTORY about 9 min
  100. II. CENTRAL AMERICA about 15 min
  101. III. PERU about 2 h 41 min
  102. I. Bk. III. ch. 2 about 31 min

The opening of I. SECTION I

Like every other object of human inquiry, Architecture may be studied from two distinct points of view. Either it may be regarded statically, and described scientifically as a thing existing, without any reference to the manner in which it was invented; or it may be treated historically, tracing every form from its origin and noting the influence one style has had upon another in the progress of time.

The first of these methods is more technical, and demands on the part of the student very considerable previous knowledge before it can be successfully prosecuted. The other, besides being more popular and easily followed, has the advantage of separating the objects of study into natural groups, and tracing more readily their connection and relation to one another. The great superiority, however, of the historical mode of study arises from the fact that, when so treated, Architecture ceases to be a mere art, interesting only to the artist or his employer, but becomes one of the most important adjuncts of history, filling up many gaps in the written record and giving life and reality to much that without its presence could with difficulty be realised.

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