Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 234
separates theflutings of their columns,the Romans, by carelesscutting, soon allowed theflutes to become shallow,with the result that thefillet edges were not sharp-ly defined and the entireshaft of the column lostmuch of its character. Atthe same time that thecarving of the mouldingfaces loses in… … Jlg. 104. stances to destroy and confuse the meaning of the various mouldingoutlines, themselves now much debased in type. 184 -^z. • \ r ii
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