Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 318
anifested by the Romans, isevidence of a luxuriance and a lack of refinement on the part of thebuilders and the nation at large. Useless ornament in any event isemployed only for the purpose of rendering upon the beholder aneffect oi greater costliness; and it is a mooted point whether ornament,as… … UJ -;; »- ■ < ■ a. > < CO PJ Fiu. 110 STUDY OF THE ORDERS 237 ENTASIS OF THE ROMAN COLUMN The Romans seem to have adopted one general method of dimin-ishing or tapering their columns, evidently based on the Ionic andCorinthian shafts of the Greek Orders. In adapting to their own pur-poses…
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