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 343
o the highestreligious purposes. The addition of an independent base made the order much moregenerally useful, and its adoption brought it much more into harmonywith the other two existing orders, which would appear to have beenthe principal object of its introduction. The keynote of… … Doric Older. Be. IV. Ch. III. ORDERS. 309 that the three should be reduced to something like harmony. Thiswas accordingly done, but at the expense of the Doric order, which,except when thus used in combination, must be confessed to haA^every little claim to our admiration. Ionic. The Romans were…
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