The meaning of architecture; an essay in constructive criticism (1918)
Pond, Irving Kane, 1857- · Boston, Marshall Jones company · leaf 71
heybeen merely fluted blocks, force and character hadbeen lacking. As it is, their sharp, deeply incisedlines conserve all this and give powerful aid tothe expression of the compressive force in actionand all the while conserving the inspiring ascend-ing movement and doing no violence to the… … [54] THE GREEK EXPRESSIONTHE IONIC AND THE DECADENCE IN contemplating a typical Ionic structure oneis not impressed with that sense of powerwhich fills him in the presence of a typicalexample of the Doric; but another impression,just as complete and satisfying, stamps itself uponthe mind. The…
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