A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 189
IAN ARCHITECTUREof prtxJuciug a perspective illusion, as suggestedby Professor Goodyear; it seems more likelythat the Greeks found in this device a meansof avoiding the mechanical impression likely tobe produced by straight lines and surfaces, and GRECIAN ARCHITECTUREdivinity and for the deposit of… … Grecian AacHiTKCTnHK; Anolk or an Ionic Buildino; One Cou.m.u CaimalC0M.M0N Ionic Capitals.Tbo bro&d band In eicb capital would bo decorated by anthcmlona In a rich building. of giving to their buildings a more pla.«itic exter-nal form. (See Refinements in Design.) Grecian temples were…
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