How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 67
, .— FIG. II IONIC COLUMN, TEM-PLE OF WINGLESS VICTORY1 HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE gests its origin in Corinth, another Greek city of lux-urious living and florid idealism. It is, however,unquestionably Eastern in origin, its crude ancestorbeing frequent in Egypt. In Greece it came as a de-velopment… … FIG. 12—DETAIL OF IONIC CAPITAL SHOWING VOLUTE that, when looked at from the side, it lacked any decora-tive suggestion. There was need for a round capital,rich in ornamentation, that would appear equally wellfrom all points. The Corinthian filled that need. Thecapital is elongated to the diameter…
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