Practice of architecture : containing the five orders of architecture and an additional column and entablature, with all their elements and details explained and illustrated, for the use of carpenters and practical men. (1835)
Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 · Boston : Pub. by the author [etc.] ; New York : Collins & co. · leaf 112
ntury. This order was employed by theRomans in their triumphal arches, and in other similar structures.It was ornamented in the most profuse manner ; every member,where propriety did not forbid it, being covered with the most costlyand beautiful ornaments. It is, therefore, reasonable to… … THE COMPOSITE ORDER. 63 immediately decide on its merits, instead of being, as it in fact was,so fascinated in viewing the great profusion of the most costly andelegant enrichments, as to overlook the general outline of the com-position. Believing these views to be correct, and that this orderought…
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