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
were a part of the intended construction. The observation of these pecul-iarities is comparatively recent, and their purpose is still in debate. The first noted and most curious of these refinements is that relating to thedeviations from rectilinear alignment. The Horizontal Curves.—It was… … Ionic Entablature, Priene. THE HORIZONTAL CURVES. 63 toward the center of each side. Corresponding but not exactly parallel curves arefound in the upper lines of the building. The amount of tbe curve on the longsides of the Parthenon is only about two and a half inches in about two hundredand…
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