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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 60

An illustration from Greek architecture, 1892, leaf 60
ealment can bedetected. Simplicity reigns in the earliest examples, the ANALYSIS OF GREEK ARCHITECTURE. 53 elaboration of even the most ornamental is very chaste andgraceful, and the whole effect of Greek architecture is one ofharmony, unity, and refined power. A general principle seldom pointed… … Fig. 44.—Mosaic from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. follows : The outline of each enrichment in relief was ordinarilydescribed by the sanie line as the profile of themolding to tvhichit ivas applied. The eg^ enrichment (Fig. 47) on the ovolo, thewater-leaf on the cyma rcversa (Figs. 48, 54), the…

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