Daedalus, or, The causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture (1860)
Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896, author · London : Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts · leaf 368
t the haunches. Another way of accounting for the origin of the arch, and one which admits of an equal claim for antiquity, is the covering by approaching stones, as practised in the galleries of the Pyramids. The overhanging corners, being thought useless, might be cut away, and thus the… … The earliest arch of which we can fix the date is a brick arch of elliptical form, 8 feet 6 inches span, in one of the Tombs of the Queens at Thebes, bearing the name of Amenophis I., and dating back to 1822 cv 1420 B.C. : but Sir Gardner Wilkinson thinks it possible that the arch was used in the…
Sculpture, Greek · Art
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