Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 121
I—I u S; 5 M SrtJDY OP THE ORDERS 121 Arrangement of Volutes at Corners of Buildings. This arrange-ment is perfectly adaptable to a long colonnade; but when we reachthe corner of the building, a difficulty at once presents itself. On oneside or the other this capital must show a roil, which v/ould… … Fig. 60. View Showing Two Faces of Ionic Capital. as the principal face is always shown in plane with the architraveabove, and, in turning the corner at right angles, some change is nec-essary in order to bring the two principal faces at right angles to eachother. The Greeks invented two methods of…
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