The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 189
* This band of bas-reliefs has now been removed to the BritishMuseum. 166 GREECE. and the luminous lines of light along the shafts standout boldly against the dark shadow painted by theportico. All this and more may be likewise seen to advan-tage in the Erectheion or Temple of Erectheus(Fig.55 and… … Fir.. 56.—Finn of the Erectheion at Athens. Fergusson and others that the Erectheion was inreality three temples united under one head and dedi-cated to Ercctheus, Pandrosus, and Minerva; butrecent investigation has disclosed this to be only par-tiallv correct. The truth is that the Temple of…
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