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 37
. This noble building,which stood upon the acropolis of Athens, exhibits theIonic style after it had culminated into its greatest ele- 14 Ecclesiastical Architecture. gance and splendor under the skillful hand of the Athe-nians. The appearance is that of a group of buildings :the central one is the… … ERECHTHEUM. to the Nymph Paudrosos, the entablature of which issustained by the much-praised caryatides, being femaleforms, sculptured in stone, and substituted for columns.It does not appear that this form of column found especialfavor with the Greeks. Not the strength, but the fragilegrace of the…
Church architecture
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