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 127
The Tuscan (Fig. 18) is sometimes called an order,althouorh it cannot be so considered. Neither doeswhat has been termed the Composite (Fig. 19) deserve ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 103 Fig. 20. … to be distinguished as an order ; it was only an inharmo-nious union between the Ionic and Corinthian. The Romans varied the Ionic, making it more ela-borate, without adding to itsbeauty. (Fig. 20.) Of thethree orders, their favouritewas the Corinthian. Thedecorative part of this orderthey varied,…
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