World Architecture: An Illustrated History

aisles apse arcades arch 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 cruciform curved decoration detail developed dome Doric Doric order dynasty earliest early elaborate elements enclosure entablature entrance example exterior façade feature feet flying buttresses France Frank Lloyd Wright French gate Gothic Greek groined vault hall High Renaissance imperial influence interior Ionic Italian Italy later Le Corbusier marble masonry medieval mihrab monuments mosque mouldings nave octagonal original ornament painted palace Palazzo Palladian Paris pavilion pediment Peking period piers pilasters pillars portico pyramid rectangular Renaissance Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof round sculpture shrine side space square stone storeys structure stupa style temple tiers timber tomb towers tradition transepts Villa walls