The Parthenon; an essay on the mode by which light was introduced into Greek and Roman temples (1883)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 74
ylar temples will nowbe found in Greece, it only remains to us to try and recover their primitiveforms from the copies of them in stone found in the perfected architecture of thecountry. For this purpose we cannot do better than select the Parthenon as anexample, though as being the most perfect in… … 26.—Angle of the Parthenon.(From Penroses True Principles of Athenian Architecture.) n As will be seen from tbe annexed woodcut, the most marked and peculiarconstructive feature in the whole composition is the triglyph. It is unlikeanything else used in architecture, bxit so essentially was it…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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