The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 192
1 1 ! 1 n p i —c J Ionic corner capital ; front elevation.Fig. 57.—Details from the Erectheion. faced women, wrought in Parian marble and calledcaryatidae, a name derived from the Arcadian townof Caryae, whose inhabitants sided with the Persiansduring the war. On them the Athenians took re-venge,… … Plate XX.—Doorway from the Erectheion at Athens. I/O GREECE. into slavery, which latter, in a sort of grim humour,they were fond of reproducing in their public build-ings as bearing eternal burdens. As regards the detail of the Erectheion (Fig.57), Stuart justly says: Nothing can go beyondthe…
Architecture -- History
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