The architecture of Greece & Rome; a sketch of its historic development (1902)
Anderson, William J. (William James), 1864-1900, Spiers, Richard Phene, 1838-1916 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 133
THE CULMINATION IN THE PELOPONNESOS. versatility of its author. We no longer find the same delicate subtleties of curve in stylobate or entablature as in the Parthe- non, either because the architect recognised that such require- ments were not possible in any other material than Pentelic … l_ — THE INTERIOR OF THE CELLA, TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT BASS/E (restored by professor cockerell). marble, or, as suggested by Dr. Dorpfeld, the extraordinary labour and accuracy required in the work at Athens were of so costly a nature that they were not likely to be undertaken elsewhere. On the other…
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