Chapter II: Preface

The aim of this work has been to sketch the various periods and styles of architecture with the broadest possible strokes, and to mention, with such brief characterization as seemed permissible or necessary, the most important works of each period or style. Extreme condensation in presenting the leading facts of architectural history has been necessary, and much that would rightly claim place in a larger work has been omitted here. The danger was felt to be rather in the direction of too much detail than of too little. While the book is intended primarily to meet the special requirements of the college student, those of the general reader have not been lost sight of. The majority of the technical terms used are defined or explained in the context, and the small remainder in a glossary at the end of the work. Extended criticism and minute description were out of the question, and discussion of controverted points has been in consequence as far as possible avoided.

The illustrations have been carefully prepared with a view to elucidating the text, rather than for pictorial effect. With the exception of some fifteen cuts reproduced from Lübke’s _Geschichte der Architektur_ (by kind permission of Messrs. Seemann, of Leipzig), the illustrations are almost all entirely new. A large number are from original drawings made by myself, or under my direction, and the remainder are, with a few exceptions, half-tone reproductions prepared specially for this work from photographs in my possession. Acknowledgments are due to Messrs. H. W. Buemming, H. D. Bultman, and A. E. Weidinger for valued assistance in preparing original drawings; and to Professor W. R. Ware, to Professor W. H. Thomson, M.D., and to the Editor of the Series for much helpful criticism and suggestion.

It is hoped that the lists of monuments appended to the history of each period down to the present century may prove useful for reference, both to the student and the general reader, as a supplement to the body of the text.

A. D. F. HAMLIN.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK,
January 20, 1896.

The author desires to express his further acknowledgments to the friends who have at various times since the first appearance of this book called his attention to errors in the text or illustrations, and to recent advances in the art or in its archæology deserving of mention in subsequent editions. As far as possible these suggestions have been incorporated in the various revisions and reprints which have appeared since the first publication.

A. D. F. H.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
October 28, 1907.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE
Preface v

List of Illustrations xi

General Bibliography xix

Introduction xxi

CHAPTER I.
Primitive and Prehistoric Architecture 1

CHAPTER II.
Egyptian Architecture 6

CHAPTER III.
Egyptian Architecture, _Continued_ 16

CHAPTER IV.
Chaldæan and Assyrian Architecture 28

CHAPTER V.
Persian, Lycian, and Jewish Architecture 35

CHAPTER VI.
Greek Architecture 43

CHAPTER VII.
Greek Architecture, _Continued_ 60

CHAPTER VIII.
Roman Architecture 74

CHAPTER IX.
Roman Architecture, _Continued_ 88

CHAPTER X.
Early Christian Architecture 110

CHAPTER XI.
Byzantine Architecture 120

CHAPTER XII.
Sassanian and Mohammedan Architecture--Arabian,
Moresque, Persian, indian, and Turkish 135

CHAPTER XIII.
Early Mediæval Architecture in Italy and France 155

CHAPTER XIV.
Early Mediæval Architecture in Germany,
Great Britain, and Spain 172

CHAPTER XV.
Gothic Architecture 182

CHAPTER XVI.
Gothic Architecture in France 196

CHAPTER XVII.
Gothic Architecture in Great Britain 218

CHAPTER XVIII.
Gothic Architecture in Germany, the Netherlands,
and Spain 237

CHAPTER XIX.
Gothic Architecture in Italy 254

CHAPTER XX.
Early Renaissance Architecture in Italy 270

CHAPTER XXI.
Renaissance Architecture in Italy--The Advanced
Renaissance and Decline 288

CHAPTER XXII.
Renaissance Architecture in France 308

CHAPTER XXIII.
Renaissance Architecture in Great Britain
and the Netherlands 326

CHAPTER XXIV.
Renaissance Architecture in Germany, Spain,
and Portugal 338

CHAPTER XXV.
The Classic Revivals in Europe 354

CHAPTER XXVI.
Recent Architecture in Europe 368

CHAPTER XXVII.
Architecture in the United States 383