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Title: Architecture, classic and early Christian
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 Slater, John, 1847-1924
Subjects: Architecture Church architecture
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter, Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
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the decay of Assyrianand Persian cities; and temples, theatres, and places ofpublic assembly are the chief, almost the only remains ofarchitecture in Greece. A strong contrast between the buildings of differentancient nations rises also from the differing point of viewfor Avhich they were designed. Thus, in the tombs and,to a large extent, the temples of the Egyptians, we find.structures chiefly planned for internal effect; that is tosay, intended to be seen by those admitted to the sacredprecincts, but only to a limited extent appealing to theadmiration of those outside. The buildings of the Greeks,on the other hand, were chiefly designed to please thosewho examined them from without; and though no doubtsome of them, the theatres especially, were from theirvery nature planned for interior effect, by far the greatestworks which Greek art produced were the exteriors ofthe temples. The works of the Eomans, and, following them, thoseof almost all AVestern Christian nations, were designed
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Fl 5.—rAUT OF THE EXTEaiOR OF THE COLOSSEU-V, Uo.ME. (NOW IN KUI.VS.) IXTRODUCTION. 11 to unite external and internal effect; tut in many ca?e3external was evidently most sought after, and, in theKorth of Europe, many expedients—such, for example,as towers, high-pitched roofs, and steeples—were intro-duced into architecture with the express intention ofincreasing external effect. Oa the other hand, the Easternstyles, both Mohammedan and Chiistian, especially whenpractised in sunny climates, show in many cases a com-parative disregard of external effect, and that their archi-tects lavished most of their resources ou the interiors oftheir buildings. Passinor allusions have been made to the influence ofclimate on arcliitecture; and the student whose attentionhas been once called to this subject will find manyinteresting traces of this influence in the designs ofbuildings erected ia various countries. Where the powerof the sun is great, flat terraced roofs, which help to keepbuildin

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