The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 194
fined in theircurves, correcting most cunningly the optical illusions of astraight row of tall columns, improving the lighting arrange-ments, improving the masonry, substituting stone for woodand precious marble for stone, adding ornament where it wasappropriate, as on the frieze inside the… … THE AGES OF TRANSITIONpredecessors had set him. That is the Greek way. TheParthenon is the goal at which this old temple of Corinth hadbeen aiming. Seven columns of the Corinthian temple* have stood Acroterioa Metopes andTriglyphs
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