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Gothic Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The term Gothic is as unfortunate as it is inapt. Gothic architecture is the natural outcome of Romanesque, though the term seems to suggest a break in the progressive character of the art.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-28.shtml

Romanesque Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The transference of the seat of government by Constantine to Byzantium, and the consequent decay of the Roman empire, checked intelligent building for a period in Italy.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-27.shtml

Moslem Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Upon the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, the Christian churches there fell into the hands of the Mohammedans. The church of Hagia Sophia, the masterpiece of the Byzantine builders, was at once converted into a mosque.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-26.shtml

Byzantine Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The Byzantine style has had little influence upon the architecture of Western Europe. In Greece and Russia it became, and has continued to be, the recognized style for buildings of the Greek Church, though it has naturally received many modifications.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-25.shtml

Early Christian Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

DURING the first three centuries of the Christian era the new religion, though despised and discredited, had been slowly gaining ground, in the face of enormous difficulties.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-24.shtml

Etruscan And Roman Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

IN dealing with the early days of Rome it is difficult to distinguish between fiction and truth, between legend and history.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-23.shtml

The Gothic - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE very basis of Gothic architecture, and its development, is the arch, and we must pause here at the beginning of a study of the arch to say something of the style in its essence.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-8.shtml

Flamboyant Gothic - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Moreover, marked changes; were taking place in the social fabric, change were taking place in the social fabric, changes in trade, in science, and in idealism, that must inevitably record themselves in contemporary architecture.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/architecture-9.shtml

Confucius - The Great Learning - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE capacity for knowledge of the inferior man is small and easily filled up; the intelligence of the superior man is deep and not easily satisfied.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/chinese-wisdom-3.shtml

Moral Maxims - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Without ascending the mountain, we cannot judge of the height of heaven; without descending into the valley, we cannot judge of the depth of the earth; without listening to the maxims left by the ancient kings, we cannot know the excellence of learning.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/chinese-wisdom-20.shtml