An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 43
ing feature ofthis order is the capital, whichhas four spiral projections calledvolutes. These, in Greece, wereplaced flat on the front and backof the column, leaving the twosides of a different character, andforming a balustre. But as thisat the external angle producesa disagreeable effect, an… … B The parts and proportions givenby Sir W. Chambers to this order arearranged in the most masterly and Modern Ionic, Palladio. graceful manner, and present the mostperfect example of the Roman Doric. IONIC ORDEE, 23 this not forming a good combination, a capital was invented[by the Romans] with…
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