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 33
herconsequence would be that thefoot and base of the columnwould appear too large,—per-haps clumsily so. It must beallowed that the swelling con-tours of the base are admirablyin keeping, and harmonizewith the rriay of curves in thevolutes much better than itwould were the shaft to standimmediately… … present limits will not permit us to speak. The number of OF AUCHITECTURi:. 27 fillets is twenty-four. The Ionic capital is far more irregularand complex than that of the Doric. Instead of showing, like the other, four equal sides,it exhibits two faces or fronts parallel to the architraveabove it,…
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