The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 442
... entablature of the Greek temple carried the roof , and the object of its crowning overhanging cornice was to throw off the rain . The entablatures of the Colosseum had ceased to have a structural purpose , and the absurdity was ...
... entablature of the Greek temple carried the roof , and the object of its crowning overhanging cornice was to throw off the rain . The entablatures of the Colosseum had ceased to have a structural purpose , and the absurdity was ...
Page 443
... entablatures diminish the impression . Their broad shelves in- terrupt the upward view and take from the seeming ... entablature , though rendered exquisite by form , sculpture , and painting , were not the less the very substance of ...
... entablatures diminish the impression . Their broad shelves in- terrupt the upward view and take from the seeming ... entablature , though rendered exquisite by form , sculpture , and painting , were not the less the very substance of ...
Page 444
... entablatures should have been reduced to string - courses . The columns should have been omitted . The piers did the duty , and the suitable decoration was not an extraneous column but an ornamented pier . Fitness was by no means the ...
... entablatures should have been reduced to string - courses . The columns should have been omitted . The piers did the duty , and the suitable decoration was not an extraneous column but an ornamented pier . Fitness was by no means the ...
Page 445
... entablatures . The construction of the cylinder or drum which supports the dome may be seen from the woodcut . There are ... entablature is a storey of panels to carry on the disguise , and this is crowned by a second cornice at the ...
... entablatures . The construction of the cylinder or drum which supports the dome may be seen from the woodcut . There are ... entablature is a storey of panels to carry on the disguise , and this is crowned by a second cornice at the ...
Page 446
... entablature - which , in fact , has little work to perform - seems inadequate to support its share of the superstructure . If the actual mechanism had been dis- played ; if the vast blocks of masonry which divide the recesses had been ...
... entablature - which , in fact , has little work to perform - seems inadequate to support its share of the superstructure . If the actual mechanism had been dis- played ; if the vast blocks of masonry which divide the recesses had been ...
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