CHAPTER III. WEST ASIATIC ARCHITECTURE.   Babylonian. Assyrian. Persian. Analysis of Buildings. 43 CHAPTER IV. ORIENTAL ARCHITECTURE.   Hindu. Chinese and Japanese. 64 CHAPTER V. GREEK ARCHITECTURE.   Buildings of the Doric Order. 80 CHAPTER VI. Buildings of the Ionic and Corinthian Orders. 102 CHAPTER VII. Analysis of Greek Architecture. The Plan. The Walls. The Roof. The Openings. The Columns. The Ornaments. Architectural Character. 117 CHAPTER VIII. ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE.   Historical and General Sketch. 138 CHAPTER IX. The Buildings of the Romans. Basilicas. Theatres and Amphitheatres. Baths (Thermæ). Bridges and Aqueducts. Commemorative Monuments. Domestic Architecture. 147 CHAPTER X. Analysis of Roman Architecture. The Plan. The Walls. The Roofs. The Openings. The Columns. The Ornaments. Architectural Character. 182 CHAPTER XI. EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE.   Basilicas in Rome and Italy. 198 CHAPTER XII. BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. 210 CHAPTER XIII. ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE. 222 CHAPTER XIV. CHRISTIAN ROUND-ARCHED ARCHITECTURE.   Analysis of Basilican, Byzantine, and Romanesque. 240 CHAPTER XV. MOHAMMEDAN ARCHITECTURE.   Egypt, Syria and Palestine, Sicily and Spain, Persia and India. 252

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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The Parthenon at Athens, as it was in the time of Pericles, circa B.C. 438.		Frontispiece
Atrium of a Roman Mansion.		(on title‑page)
Frieze from Church at Denkendorf.		x
Rock-cut Tomb at Myra, in Lycia. Imitation of Timber Construction in Stone.		xviii
The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli.		xxiv
1.	Opening spanned by a Lintel. Arch of the Goldsmiths, Rome.	3
2.	Opening spanned by a Semicircular Arch. Roman Triumphal Arch at Pola.	4
3.	Openings spanned by Pointed Arches. Interior of St. Front, Périgueux, France.	5
4.	Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Restored according to Adler.	8
5.	Part of the Exterior of the Colosseum, Rome.	10
6.	Timber Architecture. Church at