单词 | Roman arch |
例句 | It did not have the high-low smack of Union Station, where travelers are welcomed by the Roman arches of Constantine but digested through a boarding area that feels like the waiting room of an ER. Goodbye to Gate 35X, cursed portal to the rest of America 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The portals to other tunnels – as grand as entrances to mansions or the Roman arches Brunel sometimes consciously evoked – Fox's Wood, Saltford, Chipping Sodbury and the Severn tunnel are also being listed. Brunel's Great Western railway given preservation head of steam 2012-07-30T00:00:01Z Night was falling, and before us were Gothic churches, Roman arches and Moorish towers, glowing in the soft light of lanterns. 2010-01-14T03:45:00Z Plazas are nearly empty, long corridors of Roman arches are blank, sharp perspective lines don’t quite match up, which sends the ground plane tilting up and down. Finally, the time to organize my library. All 2,000-plus books 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Although the arrangement can be dressed up in impressive clothing and nice sets—triumphal Roman arches or the fountains of Versailles—the basic facts don’t alter. The Field Guide to Tyranny 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z In one work area, students drilled large, nail-like rock bolts feet deep into the granite to form a Roman arch above them. Montana Tech offers underground mining class 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z A lorry became wedged under a Roman arch in Lincoln after trying to drive through it and getting stuck. Lorry gets wedged under Roman arch in Lincoln - BBC News 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Napoleon ordered the construction of a massive Roman arch - the Arc de Triomphe - at one end as his armies conquered Europe. Paris’ Champs-Elysees: A wide boulevard with a long history 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Last year, the I.D.A. made headlines, and the cover of Newsweek, after it erected, in Trafalgar Square, a marble replica of a triumphal Roman arch in Palmyra, Syria—another icon destroyed by ISIS. The Factory of Fakes 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z One recent nuptial featured Roman arches in its décor and greeters dressed in gladiator costumes who, however, were heard conversing with each other in a rustic version of Kannada, the local tongue. India Ink: Tech Boom Turns Bangalore Weddings Into Worldly Feasts 2013-05-28T07:16:36Z But it is still the most striking and beautiful of the Roman arches. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z They are between four and five hundred years old, and lie almost at the foot of the Venetian tower, near a Corinthian column and the fragments of a Roman arch. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Of the Aryan spirit can be said that which the Grecians, enamoured with the soothing architectonical lines, said of the Roman arches: 'The arch will never fall asleep.' Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The remarkable Roman arches, massive buttresses and blind doorway, framed by two primitive capitals with a wreath-shaped astragal, are apparently vestiges of constructions of an earlier date than those of Abbot Thierry. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z The style of architecture was that known as “Norman”—with thick massive walls, having the circular Roman arch over the doors and windows. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The channel was open in Greek times, but was afterwards covered by Roman arches; it appears to have served as the main drain of the city. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The contrast between the exterior, the immensely massive, three-storied fa�ade with Roman arches, and the interior, or, rather, what was once the interior, of this formerly roofed-in building, is very strange. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z There may still be seen the remains of a Roman arch impinging upon the Keep, or C�sar's Tower, in the Castle. The Towns of Roman Britain At one corner of the building you descend through a narrow passage cut in the lava, to a crypt in which some ancient Roman arches are shown, partly filled up with lava. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Over the entrance gate was a Roman arch bearing the inscription “Pestalozzian Institute” in large gilt letters. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 It represented the Roman arch, slightly bent into the form of a horseshoe. History of Human Society Jackson saw in 1884 the base of a Roman arch excavated beneath the level of the piazza. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia In this building we find the Roman arch used in a variety of ways, while the dome itself is formed entirely of this arch used as the crowning work of the edifice. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them Another monumental feature of more than unusual note, is the magnificent Roman arch of the former fortress of Porte Mars. The Cathedrals of Northern France And there, half emerging from the huddle of decrepit modern buildings and partly hidden by the rounded shed of a bazaar, is the ruined top of a Roman arch of triumph, battered, proud, and indomitable. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Yet from architectural strength it must be considered that the real support resting on the pillar was merely the half-circle of the Roman arch, while the horseshoe was a continuation for ornamental purposes. History of Human Society Near the Jesuit church, half-way down the slope of the hill, is a half-buried Roman arch of the time of Severus, ornamented equally on both sides, perhaps a memorial of one of the ancient gates. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia On a narrow street that runs south from the Roman arch. The Saracen: The Holy War It is a quaint, lost place, Rye—one of the old Cinque Ports; to enter it one passes under an ancient Roman arch; the nearest railroad is miles away. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Of course the earliest object which one hastens to see in Saintes, is the famous Roman arch. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre The construction of the arched roof is on the plan which engineers know as the cantilever, and not that of the Roman arch. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club She showed him her sketches taken at Arles; mentioned Orange, for its Roman arch and theatre, as a stopping-place on her return journey to Paris. Swirling Waters Four gates, one of which still keeps its Roman arch, gave access to the two main streets which divided the town into four symmetrical quarters and crossed at right angles in the centre. Ancient Town-Planning I stroll through Rhenish vineyards, I sit under Roman arches, I walk the streets of once buried cities, I look into the chasms of Alpine glaciers, and on the rush of wasteful cataracts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 In front of us was a short flight of stone steps, and another great wooden door set in stone posts under a Roman arch. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Through a chink in the shutters, one can see the stately clouds crossing the sky toward the Roman arches of the Marly Aqueduct. Men, Women and Ghosts Roman arches and domes, supported by heavy walls, were also used north of the Alps, and the method of building was named Romanesque, or in England, Norman. Introductory American History The entire length of its oval is encircled by a colonnade, pierced by three deep portals which are identical in treatment and which are especially fine examples of the Roman arch. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition In the afternoon took him to Autun and showed him the Roman arches, the Gothic walls, the cathedral, the Chemin des Tours, etc., etc. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 The earliest part of Suger's building is in the Romanesque style; it still retains the round Roman arch and many other Roman constructive features. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 The shape of a cross-section of the belly of the bow should be a full Roman arch. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Even on the massive Roman arches there is a trace of Moorish lightness and color in the green lattices; and the domes of the corner pavilions are clearly Eastern in feeling. An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition The Tower is built in seven stages, rising tier on tier, the base a magnificent Roman arch, with colonnaded courts flanking it on either side. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition The newly-erected arch opposite the entrance to Hyde Park is from the Roman arch, though, we believe, not from any particular model. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 345, December 6, 1828 The old Roman arch disappears, and the pointed arch is substituted,--graceful and elevated. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages But it was a graft on the old Roman arch, in the curve of the ellipse rather than the circle. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements But it was a graft on the old Roman arch,—in the shape of an ellipse rather than a circle. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. He was dressed with some distinction; good clothes, when put to the test, survive a change of fortune, as a Roman arch survives the luxury of departed empire. The Old Wives' Tale In sum, the Church preferred to stand firm on the Roman arch, and the architects seem now inclined to think it was right; that scholastic science and the pointed arch proved to be failures. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres A hush dwelt in the dusk, the long columns lifted grandly to the Roman arches of the frond, faint murmurings stole here and there like whispering acolytes. The Blazed Trail Arch of Tower of Jewels, 110 feet high, 60 feet broad; fine example of Roman arch, like Arch of Constantine and Arch of Titus. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth The Iliad, the Hamlet, the Doric column, the Roman arch, the Gothic minster, the German anthem, when they are ended, the master casts behind him. Essays — Second Series Availing himself of this advantage, Richard silently determined that the windows should have the Roman arch; the first positive step in effecting his wishes. The Pioneers Realism was the Roman arch—the only possible foundation for any Church; because it assumed unity, and any other scheme was compelled to prove it, for a starting-point. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Over this Roman arch, which crosses the Meles river, all the caravans pass on their entrance to the town. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo The old Roman arch disappears, and the pointed arch is substituted,—graceful and elevated. Beacon Lights of History |
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