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The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)

Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 175

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Fig. 50.—From Par-thenon at Athens. From Templeof Corinth. * Diameter when used as a measurement always refers to the diam-eter of the column in its lowest or broadest part. 15? GREECE. frieze nor cornice. The next step of the Doric ordertoward perfection may be seen in the Temple of Zeus … Fig. 51.—Temple of Zeus at .Egina. at ^Egina (Fig. 51), dating about one hundred yearslater [circa 550 B. c). 1 [ere the columns are over five and a half diame-ters in height, the entablature is provided with bothfrieze and cornice in graceful proportion, and tri-glyphs (Greek for three grooves)…

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