The column and the arch : essays on architectural history (1899)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co. · leaf 78
ngs hadbeen rich and abundant, but delicate and restrained;the sumptuous taste of the Romans called for a sur-feit of decoration, but was not fastidious. Wholeorders were incrusted with unremitting sculpture,like a Chinese ivory, as appears in the remains ofwhat has been commonly called the Temple… … GR^CO-ROMAN ARCHITECTURE 49 The arch was too important to be left in theutter subserviency to which it was first subjected.It had, so to speak, much of the character of theRomans themselves: it was by nature ambitiousand domineering. It is not easy to put the archand the order together without…
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