A history of art for classes, art-students, and tourists in Europe (1889)
Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · New York, Chicago, A.S. Barnes & company · leaf 87
Acroterium of the Parthenon. 62 GREEK ORDERS COMPARED, … msMESmMMm mMuMyMjyffiSf the Ionic architrave, and may explain its origin, but it is not likely that imitationof wooden construction was the motive of this use in the perfected stone Ionic.The motive was, doubtless, to relieve the surface of the beam of a bare appear-ance, which, on the other hand,…
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