Dresser, Christopher · London ; New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 21
ure from above, or weight, the shaft of the column is distended, * A capital, and portion of the shaft, of one of these columns are to be seen in the BritishMuseum Sculpture-room, and a cast of the same at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. This Doriccolumn is employed in the Greek Court of the Crystal… … Fig. 7. Fig. 6. and yet this distension of the shaft is not such as to give any idea of weakness, forthe column appears to rise with the energy of such vigorous life as to be more thanable to bear the weight wliich it has to sustain. Mark also the singularly delicate cm-ve of the capital of the…
Decoration and ornament
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