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Greek architecture (1892)

Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903, Redford, George, d. 1895 · Meadville, Penna. : Flood and Vincent : Chautauqua-Century Press · leaf 18

An illustration from Greek architecture, 1892, leaf 18
casewith Persian buildings, we have few means of knowing,but certainly the attention paid l>y the Greeks to the outside oftheir temples offers a striking contrast to the practice of theEgyptians and to what we know of that of the Assyrians. TilK DUKIC OKDKK. 11 The temple, however grand, was… … Fig. 2.—Plan of a smali- Greek Tkmple in- Antis. at least one of the gables Mas made into a portico by thehelp of columns and two pilasters (Fig. 2). More importanttemples had a larger number of columns and often a portico ateach end (Figs. 3 and 10). The most important had columns onthe flanks as…

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