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[Illustration: FIG. 1.--THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH.]
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CHAPTER I. PAGE ANCIENT OR HEATHEN ARCHITECTURE. 3000 B.C. TO A.D. 328, 1 EGYPT, 2 ASSYRIA, 20 BABYLON, 29 PERSIA, 34 JUDEA, 44 GREECE, 46 ETRURIA, 71 ROME, 74
CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. A.D. 328 TO ABOUT 1400, 87 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, 93 BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE, 117 SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE, 123
MODERN ARCHITECTURE. A.D. 1400 TO THE PRESENT TIME, 133 ITALY, 134 SPAIN, 145 FRANCE, 153 ENGLAND, 166 GERMANY, 172 THEATRES AND MUSIC HALLS, 179 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 181
PAGE The Pyramids of Ghizeh, _Frontispiece_ The Ascent of a Pyramid, 4 View of Gallery in the Great Pyramid, 5 Poulterer's Shop, 6 Rock-cut Tomb (Beni-Hassan), 6 The Hall of Columns at Karnak, 10 Pillar from Thebes (showing the Three Parts), 11 Sculptured Capital, 12 Palm Capital, 12 Pillar from Sedingæ, 12 The Great Sphinx, 13 Cleopatra's Needles, 15 Pavilion at Medinet Habou, 17 Temple on the Island of Philæ, 18 Gateways in Walls of Khorsabad, 21 Entrance to Smaller Temple (Nimrud), 22 Pavement Slab (from Koyunjik), 23 Remains of Propylæum, or Outer Gateway (Khorsabad), 24 Plan of Palace (Khorsabad), 25 Relief from Khorsabad. A Temple, 26 Restoration of an Assyrian Palace, 28 Elevation of the Temple of the Seven Spheres at Borsippa, 31 Birs-i-Nimrud (near Babylon), 33 Masonry of Great Platform (Persepolis), 36 Parapet Wall of Staircase. _Persepolis._ (Restored), 37 Ruins of the Palace of Darius (Persepolis), 38 Gateway of Hall of a Hundred Columns, 39 Double-horned Lion Capital, 40 Complex Capital and Base of Pillars (Persepolis), 40 Base of Another Pillar (Persepolis), 40 Ground-plan (Restored) of Hall of Xerxes (Persepolis), 41 Part of a Base of the Time of Cyrus (Pasargadæ), 42 The Tomb of Cyrus, 43 Roof of One of the Compartments of the Gate Huldah, 45 Temple of Diana (Eleusis), 48 Gravestone from Mycenæ (Schliemann), 49 Small Temple at Rhamnus, 50 The Parthenon. _Athens._ (Restored), 51 Plan of Temple of Apollo (Bassæ), 52 From the Parthenon (Athens), 53 Ionic Architecture, 55 Ionic Base, 55 Attic Base, 55 Base from Temple of Hera (Samos), 56 Ionic Capital (front view), 56 Ionic Capital (side view), 56 From Monument of Lysicrates (Athens), 57 Corinthian Order, 58 Caryatid, 59 Stool, or Chair (Khorsabad), 59 The Acropolis. _Athens._ (Restored), 63 The Erechtheium. _Athens._ (Restored), 66 Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. _Athens_, 68 The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (Restored), 69 Tombs at Castel d'Asso, 71 Principal Chamber of the Regulini-Galeassi Tomb, 72 Arch at Volterra, 73 Gateway (Arpino), 73 Arch of Cloaca Maxima (Rome), 74 Composite Order, from the Arch of Septimius Severus (Rome), 75 Doric Arcade, 76 Ground-plan of Pantheon (Rome), 77 Interior of the Pantheon, 78 Longitudinal Section of Basilica of Maxentius, 79 Arch of Constantine (Rome), 82 Arch of Trajan (Beneventum), 83 Tomb of Cecilia Metella, 84 Columbarium near the Gate of St. Sebastian (Rome), 85 Interior of Basilica of St. Paul's (Rome), 88 The Cathedral of Chartres, 91 Church of St. Nicholas (Caen), 95 Façade of Cathedral of Notre Dame (Paris), 96 Clustered Pillar, 97 Buttress, 97 Hinge, 97 Iron-work, 97 Gargoyle, 97 Nail-head, 98 Scroll, 98 Section of Church (Carcassone). With Outer Aisles Added in Fourteenth Century, 99 Spires of Laon Cathedral, 100 Portal of the Minorites' Church (Vienna), 101 External Elevation, Cathedral of Paris, 102 Wheel Window, from Cathedral (Toscanella), 103 Collegiate Church. _Toro._ (From Villa Amil), 105 St. Paul, Saragossa, 106 Cloister (Tarazona), 107 Rood-screen, from the Madeleine (Troyes), 108 Palace of Wartburg, 109 Tower of Cremona, 111 St. Mark's Cathedral (Venice), 113 Section of San Miniato (near Florence), 115 San Giovanni degli Eremiti (Palermo), 116 Church of St. Sophia. _Constantinople._ (Exterior View), 118 Lower Order of St. Sophia, 119 Upper Order of St. Sophia, 120 Interior View of Church of St. Sophia, 121 Mosque of Kaitbey, 124 The Call to Prayer, 125 Exterior of the Sanctuary in the Mosque of Cordova, 127 Court of the Lions (Alhambra), 131 The Cathedral of Florence and Giotto's Campanile, 135 View of St. Peter's (Rome), 137 Section of St. Peter's, 139 East Elevation of Library of St. Mark, 141 The Doge's Palace (Venice), 143 Great Court of the Hospital of Milan, 144 The Escurial (near Madrid), 147 Façade of the Church of St.