nd a furtherconsequence would be that thefoot and base of the columnwould appear too large,—per-haps clumsily so. It must beallowed that the swelling con-tours of the base are admirablyin keeping, and harmonizewith the play of curves in thevolutes much better than itwould were the shaft to… … The number of OF ARCHITECTURE. 27 fillets is twenty-four. The Ionic capital is far more irregularand complex than that of the Doric. Instead of showing, like the other, four equal sides,it exhibits two faces or fronts parallel to the architraveabove it, and two narrower baluster sides, as they…
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