Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 65
actory, type form. Thus we find that the height of the columnitself varies from about four and one-half diameters to seven diameters,while the diameter at the top of the shaft varies from six-tenths toeight and one-quarter tenths of the diameter at the base. In general,we find that in the earlier… … 98 STUDY OF THE ORDERS Order of the Parthenon. The Order of the Parthenon at Athens(Fig. 45, and Plate XXXVII) is held to be the most beautiful exampleof the Doric Order. The columns, without a base, rest immediatelyupon a stylobate consisting of three high steps of Pentelic marble.The shaft,…
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