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History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)

Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 107

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ical dropsor guttce, as they are called. The frieze is sculpturedwith triglyphs, an ornamentpeculiar to this order. Thesquare places between thesetriglyphs are called metopes,and are often ornamentedwith sculpture. The co7mice, has a largeprojecting moulding, underwhich are placed squareblocks,… … 86 GRECIAN ARCHITECTURE. cles resolved that Athens should be the admiration ofthe world, and that her architecture should keep pacewith her military and intellectual renown. When thetemple of Minerva Parthenon was to be built, manyo-rand desio^ns were offered to the Athenians for theirchoice.…

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