Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 367
r. We have four Orders which are used in archi-tecture—the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, and Cor-inthian. (See Figs. 83 to 86.) A fifth Order—the so-called Composite Order—combines fea-tures of the others. It will be noticed that all the ornamentationon the mouldings has been omitted for the sakeof… … Fig. 83. The Tuscan Order. AECHITECTUEAL DEAFTING 319 usually omitted. As will be seen from thedrawings, the entablature has three divisions—the cornice, frieze, and architrave; the columnis divided into the cap, shaft, and base; thepedestal, into the cap, die, and base. The entablature varies from…
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