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 369
ty, and thehouses behind them, appear only placed there thatsomething may be attached to this elaborate colonnade. The Roman Doric, or Tuscan, may occasionally beintroduced with good effect, and the general expressionis not unsuitable to large city mansions. There has been for many years in our… … IN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE. 301 to accommodate a portico; or rather the Grecian por-ticoes stood elevating their bold fronts, with a meanhouse sneaking behind them. An Enghsh writer severely criticises one of ourpublic buildings as follows, namely: Imagine anIonic hexastyle, with fluted columns,…
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