The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 62
FIG. 59. CORNER OF THE PARTHENON. From a drawing by Niemann. (Springer and Michaelis, Kunslgeschichie. Seemann, Leipzig.) form of a Greek temple. It is essen-tially a rectangular building, with doors,but without windows, surrounded onall sides by a single or double rowof columns, which, while… … FIG. 60.—THE PORTICO OF THE CARYATIDES, THEERECIITHEUM, ATHENS. the roof forms a triangle called thepediment, which is sometimes deco-rated with statues. The upper part ofthe wall is adorned with bas-reliefs,forming the fric::c. When the templeis of the Doric order, like the Par-thenon, the upper…
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