Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 44
remoter endof the excavation point-ing toward the land ofthe Sun of Night. Butsuch tunnels only be-come works of archi-tecture when, in addi-tion to the customarymural paintings, theyreceive a decorativetreatment in the designof their structural forms. Such a treatment appears inseveral tombs at… … FIG. 6.—TOMB AT BEXI-HASSAN. 12 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. in others. The former type, with eight, sixteen, or thirty-two sides (in these last the arrises or edges are emphasizedby a sHght concavity in each face, like embryonic fluting),have a square abacus, suggesting the Greek Doric order,and…
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