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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 39

An illustration from Greek architecture, 1892, leaf 39
AM> .S< l I.ITIKK. never (he cuse with th*- Doric (tLttruM. Tlie eiitalduture(Fig. 27) is, generally Kpeaking, richer than that of the Doricorder. Tiie arehitnive, for e.xanjple, lm.s three facias instead ofbeing plain. On the other hand, tlie frieze has no triglyphs,and but rarely sculpture.… … Fig. 29.—North-west View of the Erechtheum, in time of Pekicles. tjpical of the order, and is termed a dentil band. This mold-ing presents the appearance of a plain square band of stone, inwhich a series of cuts had been made dividing it into blockssomewhat resembling teeth, whence the name. Such…

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