Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 36
generally con-ceded that the individual partsof Greek architecture appearto best advantage when thegeneral form of the buildingitself is Greek. Indeed, thebeautiful flat curves andmouldings of this style arequite at variance with anythingelse than the low pediment,flat roof, and general… … o <0 p.o uo p tv(PuO o ao te u ft CO CO ti 25 82 STUDY OF THE ORDERS was generally decorated with sculpture, is in its slope, simplicityand proportions characteristic of their architectural practice. Theinclination of these roofs is very slight. In the Temple of theKrechtheuin it is fifteen and…
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