1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
design. The sculptor, being free from the restriction of construction, realuted his conception much in the same way as a scene-painter produce* a theatrical background. Aqueducts and Bridget. — Although at the present day aqueducts and bridges would be classed under the head of end • :..iM.-.-nrv i those built by the Romans are so fine in their conception and « _ that they take their place as monuments. The Pont-du-(jard near Nlmes, and the aqueducts of Segovia, Tarragona and Merida in Spain, and some of those in o…
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- Vol. 2, pp. 385-385