The capital of the antæ and pilasters is without volutes, as is seen here. The shaft has no flutings;…
The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France is one of the most recognizable…
"Ground Plan of the Colosseum at Rome, with representation of the Tiers of Seats, and of the Substructure.…
The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium,…
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St. Cuthbert of Durham, commonly referred…
Palazzo Farnese is a prominent High Renaissance palace in Rome, which currently houses the French Embassy…
Hagia Sophia is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous…
Hagia Sophia is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous…
The Pompeiian house consisted of several courts or atria, some of which were surrounded by…
The palais du Louvre in Paris, on the Right Bank of the Seine is a former royal palace, situated between…
One peculiarity is visible in all Assyrian buildings, namely, that all the chambers are very narrow…
Diocletian's Palace (Dioklecijanova palaca in Croatian) is a building in Split in Croatia that was built…
La Sainte-Chapelle (English: The Holy Chapel) is a Gothic chapel on the Île de la Cité…
"It was in Central France, and mainly along the Loire, that the systematic development of vaulted church…
The Temple of Edfu is an ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of…
Located with the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt, the Temple of Khonsu is an example…
The Temple of Venus and Roma (Latin: Templum Veneris et Romae) was the largest known temple in Ancient…
There is another form of Egyptian temples called Typhons. They consist of a simple house in the shape…
A, in antis; B, prostyle; C, amphiprostyle; D, peripteral (The Parthenon); N, Naos; O, Opisthodomus;…
"The theatre was essentially like the Grecian in its arrangement; it formed a semicircle with seats…
The Baths of Caracalla were Roman public baths, or thermæ, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216,…