World architecture: an illustrated history from earliest times

aisles apse arcade arch archi architects architecture Baroque barrel vault basilica begun brick building built buttresses Byzantine capital carved Cathedral cella central centre century B.C. chapel characteristic Chinese church circular classical clerestory colonnade colour columns construction corbelled court courtyard decoration detail developed dome Doric dynasty early east eaves elaborate elements enclosure entablature entrance example exterior facade feature feet flying buttresses France Frank Lloyd Wright French gate Gothic Greek groined vault hall High Renaissance imperial influence interior Ionic Ionic order Italy later marble masonry medieval mihrab monumental mosque mouldings nave octagonal original ornament painted palace Palazzo Palladian Paris pediment Peking period piers pilasters pillars portico pyramid rectangular Renaissance ribbed vault ribs Rococo Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof round sculpture shrine side space square stone storeys structure stupa style temple timber tomb towers town tradition transepts Villa walls