Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 601
lines atthat point. The délicate sentiment of the Greek artists must hâvebeen offended at this meagreness and weakness of effect, for, in orderto connteract it as far as possible, and to réassure the eye, they oftenplaced npon the lower extreniity of the cymatium a little acroteriiimh, crowned by… … binations as not only marked emphatically the return of the mould-ings around the corner, but gave and expressed the necessary strengthand weight required at this point, as may be seen on référence toFig. 110. This is a perfectly reasonable method of giving an ap-pearance of solidity to the foot of…
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