A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 190
eon inRome. But such cases have little or no bear-ing on the case of the rectangular, gable-roofedtemple of classic times. GRECIAN ARCHITECTURE In the arrangement of the temple plan, theDorians developed the rear to resemble thefront of the temple, producing thus a bifacialtype, whereas the lonians… … N Ionic Building; Nohth Doorway In reference to style, Grecian architecture oftlie classic period may be most convenientlyconsidered an either Doric or Ionic. It is notyet possible to establish an yEolic type ofarchitecture, and the traditional Corinthian wasno more than a slight variation of the…
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