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 348
3 orders, frequentlyone over the other, and tried various expedients to harmonise the con-struction with the ornamentation, but without much effect. Theyseem always to have felt the discordance as a blemish, and at last gotrid of it, but whether they did so in the best way is not quite clear.The… … Doric Arcade. 314 ROMAN Ar.ClllTECTUKE. Part I. the wall, using them as a string-course. A slight degree of practicewould soon have enabled them-—by panelling the piei, cutting off itsangles, or some such expedient^—to have obtained the degiee of light-ness or of ornament they required, and so…
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