Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 30
ive. The walls ofthe naos, within which was the abode of divinity, aremostly hidden from view by the surrounding noblecolonnades. The sunlight glows on the columns andthrows between them bright bands upon the walls; and Its Inheritance. 7 the columns cast thereon their own shadows. The edi-fice is… … PARTHENON, AT ATHENS. § Doric Order. The Grecians developed three ordersof architecture. The earliest was the Doric, and it ex-pressed repose, solidity, strength. The members of theorder are two, the column and the entablature. There isno base to the Doric column. Upon the platform of thetemple it…
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