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 43
y tol)eautify, and hence the charm of his creation. ^ Wall Decoration. The wall-border and pilaster-capitals (Fig. 16) have, as ornaments, the acanthus-leafand beautiful scrolls. Yet here invention was free to 20 Ecclesiastical Architecture. work its will, provided it gave forms of beauty to the… … ANT^-CAPITAL AND WALL-BORDER. § Grecian Portal. The doorway wassimply jambs unitedby the lintel (Fig. 18).The Greek, becauseof his love of thebeautiful, recessed thejambs, cut rosettes in their front faces, placed a cornice,replete with beauty, above the lintel. The portal wassimple in form, yet…
Church architecture
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