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 80
29.—FAfADE OF TOJIB AT BeXI HaSSAN.(From a sketch by Sir Charles Barry.) Chap. IU. ANCIENT GREEK TEMPLES. 65 … of the abacus must always have seemed sharp and abrupt, and it must have beenfelt even by the Egyptians—who were not sentimental architects—and certainlyby the Greeks, that the interposition of some moulding wasrequisite to get over the harshness of the contrast. It wasnot, however, generally…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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