How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 92
sappears in the Byzan-tine with the Greek capital. A new form better adaptedto the support of an arch is introduced, the arch havingtaken the place of the entablature as a supporting member.The abacus, in this style, of necessity increases in size toadapt itself to the support of the arch, and it… … FIG* 26—GREEK-CROSS PLAN AT TORCELI.O, ITALY, WITH DRUM AND DOME Several designs are frequently used in a single structure.The acanthus leaf, which we found in the Corinthian, he-comes more spiky with deep indentations helow the points,a characteristic to be remembered in our later search…
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