 But what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among all known orders of architecture, is the execution of their mosaic relievos — very different from plain...  Ancient America: In Notes on American Archaeology - Page 45by John Denison Baldwin - 1871 - 299 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Hanson Beadle - 1873 - 870 pages
...remarkable in these monuments, which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among the orders of architecture, is the execution of their...stone surface, which made their union with it perfect. Their beauty can only be matched by the monuments of Greece and Rome in their best days." In the same... | |
 | Alexander Dwight Anderson - 1880 - 108 pages
...Greece." * * * "But what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among...ingenious combination and greater art and labor. They aro inlaid on the surface of the wall, and their duration is owing to the method of fixing the prepared... | |
 | Alfred Ronald Conkling - 1883 - 416 pages
...aclda : ' But what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among...surface, which made their union with it perfect.' ... " The general character of the architecture and masonry is much like that seen in the structures... | |
 | Alfred Ronald Conkling - 1884 - 418 pages
...adds : ' But what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among...surface, which made their union with it perfect.' . . . " The general character of the architecture and masonry is much like that seen in the structures... | |
 | Alexander Dwight Anderson - 1884 - 170 pages
...Greece." * * * "But what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among...stone surface which made their union with it perfect." 1 The justice of this tribute will readily be admitted by the reader if he will visit the Congressional... | |
 | Alexander Dwight Anderson - 1884 - 178 pages
...Greece." * * * "But what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among...into the stone surface which made their union with it perfect."1 The justice of this tribute will readily be admitted by the reader if he will visit the... | |
 | 1884 - 902 pages
...what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments," he adds, " and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among...of architecture, is the execution of their mosaic rilievos, very different from plain mosaic, and consequently requiring more ingenious combination and... | |
 | Louise Palfrey - 1903 - 264 pages
...he adds, 'But what is most remarkable, interesting, and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them the first rank among...mosaic, and consequently requiring more ingenious oombination and greater art and labor.' "19 Charnay quotes a distinguished architect, Viollet-leDuc,... | |
 | Thomas Philip Terry - 1909 - 928 pages
...remarkable, interesting and striking in these monuments, and which alone would be sufficient to give them first rank among all known orders of architecture,...duration is owing to the method of fixing the prepared stone into stone surfaces, which made their union perfect. These ruins are remarkable among those of... | |
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