Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 105
haped. The former is so called from its resemblance to aclosed lotus-bud (Fig. 109),and the latter from its re-semblance to a bell with themouth uppermost (Fig. 110).An earlier and simpler formof column or support is thequadrangular pier (Fig. 111),and the next dev^elopmentis the tapering… … ■■^1 11 I.... Fie. no.—Column of the Hypostyle Hall of the Ramesseum ; from Horeau. (P. k C) Fig. III.—Quadrangular Pier(P. & C.) a square thickness of stone ; this is the great defect in theEgyptian orders, and distinguishes the latter from the EGYPTIAN ART. 85 Greek orders. This space between…
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