A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 302
and, thoughappropriate on so small a scale, would hardly be pleasing on a larger. The great example of the Temple of Jupiter Olympius differs in noessential part from the Roman order, except that the corners of theabacus are not cut off; and that, being executed in Athens, there is adegree of taste… … 144. Order of tlie Tower of tbe Winds, Athens. ■268 GEECIAN ARCHITECTUEE. Part I. Caryatides. : • It has been already explained that the Egyptians never used cary-■atide iigures, properly so called, to support the entablatures of their architecture, their figures beingalways attached to the front…
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