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... dome ; or the main dome might be supported on smaller peripheral ones and so on ; and it will not be hard to understand these as you go about if you are looking for the thrust and how it is contained . And though the logical dome shape ...
... dome ; or the main dome might be supported on smaller peripheral ones and so on ; and it will not be hard to understand these as you go about if you are looking for the thrust and how it is contained . And though the logical dome shape ...
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... dome may be built . The system of arches is called a squinch . Combinations are possible . A decagonal ribbed dome was built on pendentives in the Minerva Medica in Rome ; a dome was erected on an octagonal base in the Baths of ...
... dome may be built . The system of arches is called a squinch . Combinations are possible . A decagonal ribbed dome was built on pendentives in the Minerva Medica in Rome ; a dome was erected on an octagonal base in the Baths of ...
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... domes , for it was the dome that was the usual desired outcome . Originally intersecting arches were used to reduce the square floor plan to an octagon , and then the dome was corbeled inward from that . How this worked out in its ...
... domes , for it was the dome that was the usual desired outcome . Originally intersecting arches were used to reduce the square floor plan to an octagon , and then the dome was corbeled inward from that . How this worked out in its ...
Contents
Chapter Three ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL WITH PARTICULAR | 35 |
Chapter Six THE ARCHITECTURE OF STONE | 151 |
English Features | 417 |
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The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That ... Jake Morrissey,J. P. Morrissey No preview available - 2005 |