Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 112
morethan half its diameter,and was built up withthe wall as a part of itssubstance (Fig. 45). The entablature was in many cases advanced only over the col-umns, between which it was set back almost to the planeof the wall. This practice is open to the obvious criticismthat it makes the column… … FIG. 44. ;ORINTHIAN ORDER (TEMPLE OF CASTORAND POLLUX). 8o HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. similar object, wliich restores to the column its function asa support (see the Arch of Constantine, Fig. 63). ARCADES. The orders, though probably at first used onlyas free supports in porticos and colonnades, were…
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