Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 72
r andpointed acanthus leaves.The modification of FlG- 16.—corinthian capital.Callimachus, important enough to be termed an invention, succeeded in fixingthe canonical forms of the capital. This artist wasprincipally a worker in metal; he made the goldenlamp of the temple of Athena Polias in Athens.… … 60 GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. to hide the heads of the nails—in fine, all theworkmanship of the capital—seems to confirmthis theory. Furthermore, the capital of Callima-chus was designed as the decoration of isolatedcolumns; the Greeks, struck by its beauty, madean order of it. About the ninety-sixth…
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