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 114
hout Greece and its European colonies,until after the Macedonian conquest. THE IONIC ORDER. The colonies which were planted by the Greeks inAsia Minor, were called Ionia. Populous and rich,the sciences and arts were cultivated by the lonianswith great success. They have given their name toone of… … The Ionic order is more light and delicate than the Doric; the height of its co-lumn is greater in propor-tion to its diameter. Thecapital is ornamented withvolutes. The origin of thispeculiar ornament is con-jectural. The curls in fe-male head-dress; the beau-tiful spiral forms of sea-shells,…
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