The science of aesthetics; or, The nature, kinds, laws, and uses of beauty (1872)
Day, Henry Noble, 1808-1890 · New Haven, Conn., C.C. Chatfield & co. · leaf 235
-. The capitals of the columns at the 206 LAWS OF BEAUTY. corners of a peristyle required special treatment inorder to maintain uniformity ; and the difficultieswere met in various ways. The shaft of the column was relatively higherand consequently slenderer than the Doric shaft, buttapered less.…
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