... nor imitating, but adhering steadily to the pointedarch style, which is the essential characteristic of their art in foreign countries. It is easy to understand, on the other hand, why in Bengal the trabeate style never was in vogue. The country is... Journal of the Department of Letters - Page 83by University of Calcutta. Department of Letters - 1927Full view - About this book
| James Fergusson - Architecture - 1876 - 790 pages
...to the pointedarch style, which is the essential characteristic of their art in foreign countries. It is easy to understand, on the other hand, why in...necessity that they employed arches everywhere, and in every building that had any pretensions to permanency. The Bengal style being, however, the only one... | |
| James Fergusson - Architecture - 1876 - 798 pages
...is the essential characteristic of their art in foreign countries. It is easy to understand, on tho other hand, why in Bengal the trabeate style never...necessity that they employed arches everywhere, and in every building that had any pretensions to permanency. The Bengal style being, however, the only one... | |
| James Fergusson - Architecture - 1876 - 790 pages
...to the pointedarch style, which is the essential characteristic of their art in foreign countries. It is easy to understand, on the other hand, why in...any suitable material for forming either pillars or bcams. Having nothing but brick, it was almost of necessity that they employed arches everywhere, and... | |
| James Fergusson - Architecture - 1899 - 398 pages
...to the pointedarch style, which is the essential characteristic of their art in foreign countries. It is easy to understand, on the other hand, why in...without stone, or any suitable material for forming cither pillars or beams. Having nothing but brick, it was almost of necessity that they employed arches... | |
| Walter Kelly Firminger - Calcutta - 1906 - 388 pages
...known as " the twelve apostles." " It is easy to understand why in Bengal the trabeate style was never in vogue. The country is practically without stone,...necessity that they employed arches everywhere, and in every building that had any pretensions to permanency. The Bengal style being, however, the only one... | |
| Ernest Binfield Havell - Architecture - 1913 - 554 pages
...of building was never in vogue. " The country is practically without stone, or any suitable building material for forming either pillars or beams. Having...necessity that they employed arches everywhere, and in every building that had any pretensions to permanency." ' This being the case, it is difficult to understand... | |
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