Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 60
he Greeks termedtheTDoric the masculineorder \ in it nothingwas Sacrificed to meregrace. Its proportionsare vigorous; its orna-mentation soberly dis-tributed ; the generaleffect is one of powerand austere simplicity,which might well sug-gest to the Greeks the robust outlines of the masculineform.… … Fig. io.—detail of the mutules. 48 GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. we recognise the prototype, as it were, of the Doriccolumn ; the capital, composed of abacus and echinusis found in Cyprus, at Golgos, and at Edde ; finallythe monuments of Pteria in Asia Minor show ussmall structures surmounted by a pediment…
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