The history and rudiments of architecture; embracing, I. The orders of architecture; II. Architectural styles of various countries; III. The nature and principles of design in architecture; and, IV. An accurate and complete glossary of architectural terms .. (1853)
Bullock, John, ed · New York, Stringer & Townsend · leaf 195
c a 15^ B *n J a represents a Doric entablature, with the soffite sloping-over in the usual manner, in which it will be seen that a)l 188 HISTORY AND RUDIMENTS the angles a, d, c, &c, appear, in consequence of the perspec-tive, more nearly right angles, t. e., more abruptly contrastedthan the… … We must here, again, protest against that insolent libelon the Greek architects, the wooden theory of Yitruvius andMilizia, who, of all writers on architecture or building, per-haps give the fewest hints at general principles. In the caseof the inclination of the soffite, this barbarous theory is…
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