. . remain aremodels of imitation, and the standard of excellenceamong the most polished nations in modern times. Thegolden age of the arts in Greece endured about a cen-tury, after the death of Alexander the Great. TheGreeks were the founders of that system of architecturewhich is universally allowed to be the most perfect. Itconsisted of three distinct orders, the Doric, the Io?iic,and Corinthian. The Doric order has a masculine grandeur, and a su-perior air of strength to both the others. It is thereforebest adapted to works of gr
. . remain aremodels of imitation, and the standard of excellenceamong the most polished nations in modern times. Thegolden age of the arts in Greece endured about a cen-tury, after the death of Alexander the Great. TheGreeks were the founders of that system of architecturewhich is universally allowed to be the most perfect. Itconsisted of three distinct orders, the Doric, the Io?iic,and Corinthian. The Doric order has a masculine grandeur, and a su-perior air of strength to both the others. It is thereforebest adapted to works of great magnitude, and of a sub-lime character. Of this order is the temple of Thesus, Ci. Who was Archimedes, and when did he flourish 1 Forvvh It was he distinguished ? Relate what is said he was the manner of his death ? (15. What is said of the Grecian fine arts 1 Mention thethree distinct orders of architecture. Describe the Doric, the5* 54 ANCIENT HISTORY. at Athens, built ten years after the battle of Marathon,and is at this day almost Doric. Ionic. Corinthian. The Ionic order is light and elegant, and distinguish-ed for simplicity, which is essential to true beauty. Ofthis order were the temple of Apollo, at Miletus, andthe temple of Diana, at Ephesus. The Corinthian marks an age of luxury and magnifi-cence, where pomp and splendor had become the rulingpassion, but had not yet extinguished the taste for thesublime and beautiful. It attempts, therefore, an unionof all these qualities. [The Tuscan and the Compositeorders are of Italian origin, but they show that theGreeks had in the three original orders exhausted allthe prmciples of grandeur and beauty.] 66. Grecian Sculpture, d^c. Sculpture was broughtby the Greeks to great perfection. The remains oftheir sculpture are, to this day, the most perfect modelsof the art; and modern artists have no means of attain-ing to excellence so certain, as the study of these fonic, and the Corinthian. What is said o
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