Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 35
s or filletsthat separate this moulding from the fluted necking below, show howcarefully the Greek sculptors experimented in order to obtain just theeffect that they desired. In the later periods of Greek architecturethe outline of this echinus moulding is as simple, delicate, and beauti-ful as any… … Greek Doric Capital.From the Parthenon at Athens. STUDY OF THE ORDERS 81 ing itself in proportion to theabacus, the character of thefillets that divide it from thefluted necking, and the varioussectns of the recesses takingthe piace of an astragal thatseparate it from the shaft, areshowTi more…
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