Test on Tile Vaults in France in the 19th Century

Durante el s. XIX las bóvedas tabicadas se desarrollan enormemente, ampliando sus usos a nuevos tipos y extendiendose por zonas dónde no se habían utilizado tradicionalmente. Además, comienza a utilizarse el cemento como aglomerante en lugar del yeso. En este contexto se realizan muchos ensayos sobre ellas, con el objeto de validar un sistema que resultaba nuevo por estas razones. Se estudian a continuación una serie de ensayos de resistencia realizados en Francia entre 1837 y 1865, todos ellos sobre bóvedas de tamaño y geometría similar: entre 4 y 5 m de luz, y con flecha 1/10 de la luz, un tipo muy empleado en ese momento para la construcción de fábricas. El primero de ellos busca medir experimentalmente el empuje de una de estas bóvedas, para cerrar un debate sobre la existencia o no de empujes en las bóvedas tabicadas. Los siguientes quieren obtener la carga de rotura de las bóvedas, con el objeto de construir después unas similares.

Construction of 17-19th century domes in the province of Alicante (Spain): the case of San Juan Bautista in Cox

From the late seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries, many religious temples have been built in the province of Alicante (south east of Spain) with brick domes as their main characteristic feature. Often, the limited data available about these remarkable constructions make rehabilitation interventions become into real research projects, with a high value for their historic conservation over time. The aim of this paper is to show a detailed refurbishment analysis of a religious temple built in 1778, showing the need of preservation of historic buildings as a part of the architectural heritage by establishing a common pattern of materials, geometry and constructive systems, specifically in their domes. In most cases, there was not an architectural project for the construction, that is why the analysis of any documentary and archival sources available is essential to find different ways to proceed on the use and maintenance of these religious buildings.

"Fit Cradle of the Reviving Art": An inquiry into the the Evolving Material Reality of the Murals in the Camposanto of Pisa from the Perspective of their British Reception from the 17th to the 19th century

The Camposanto of Pisa is an extraordinarily complex and evocative monument, which has captured the imagination of pilgrims, both religious and secular, for centuries. The late Medieval and early Renaissance wall paintings that line the perimeter of the portico surrounding a vast inner courtyard, are unparalleled in early Italian art, not only for their striking variety of composition and narrative complexity, but also for the sheer grandeur of their proportion. However, the passage of time has scarred the structure of the Camposanto and inflicted terrible damage on its wall paintings. This thesis explores the material reality of the Camposanto as experienced over three centuries through the eyes of British travelers. In order to situate the Camposanto mural cycle within an historical and cultural context, the first chapter provides an overview of the construction and decoration of the monument. Notably, Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), the Italian Humanist often recognized as the father of art history, included numerous descriptions of the Camposanto murals in his highly influential text Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori. Accordingly, the second chapter provides an analysis of Vasari’s descriptions and reflects upon the influence that the Renaissance author may have had upon the subsequent British reception of the Camposanto murals. The third chapter utilizes three centuries of travel writing in order to investigate the aesthetic impact of the Camposanto mural cycle upon British tourists from the seventeenth through to the nineteenth century.

German classics from the 4th to the 19th century.

Vol. 1 contains poetry from the Gothic to the Renaissance, with translations in modern German.

Making it in 19th-century urban America : another Philadelphia story /

Mode of access: Internet.

Science and thought in the 19th century : a collection of first editions /

"Catalogue number 113."

An historical essay on the legislative power of England. : Wherein the origin of both Houses of Parliament, their antient constitution, and the changes that have happen'd in the persons that compos'd them, with the occasions thereof, are related in a chronological order. And many things concerning the English government, the antiquities of the laws of England, and the feudal law, are occasionally illustrated, and explain'd. /

With [4] pages of publisher's advertisements at end.

The old and new churches of London, being a series of illustrations of the existing remains of church architecture in London from the Norman period to that of the great fire, with numerous examples of the churches built from the year 1844 to the present time,

Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

French dramatists of the 19th century /

A brief chronology of the French drama in the nineteenth century.--The romantic movement.--Victor Hugo.--Alexandre Dumas.--Eugène Scribe.--Emile Augier.--Alexandre Dumas fils.--Victorien Sardou.--Octave Feuillet.--Eugène Labiche.--Meilhac and Halévy.--Emile Zola and the present tendencies of French drama (1881)--A ten years' retrospect: 1881-1891.

19th-century photograph of Dexter Hall (prior to 1875 when tower was added at rear corner) [Vintage print, same image as Sturgis copy, hs8600]

This house scan exists in 3 versions, sharing same hs# with suffix "1of3," "2of3," or "3of3." The first is the best rendering of the image. 2 and 3 are scans of the entire image plus mount, for the best rendering of the penciled inscriptions in the margins....