Excerpt from A Treatise on Architecture and Building Construction, 1899, Vol. 5: Prepared for Students of the International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pa.; History of Architecture, Architectural Design, Specifications, Building Superintendence, Contracts and Permits; With Practical Questions and Examples The dawn Of Christianity was the advent Of an entirely new style Of architecture, and the division Of the Church at the time of the Reformation was the signal for the alteration of this new style and the attempt to return to the Old classic forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.