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A text-book of the history of architecture (1904)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 90

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lpt-ure treated as such andcomplete in itself — to • anarchitectural framework. vThe noblest examples of thisdecorative sculpture are those of the Parthenon, consistingof figures in the full round from the pediments, groups inhigh relief from the metopes, and the beautiful frieze ofthe Panathenaic… … FIG. 32. :arved anthemion ornament. ATHENS. 58 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Phigaleia, other master-works of the same kind have beentransferred to the museums of Europe. In the Doric stylethere was Httle carving other than the sculpture, the orna-ment being mainly polychromatic. Greek Ionic and…

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