. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. n works. Yet an examination [ ^11 \J^ JK^i of the details, and particularly of the system of— ^ ^>~-Ti| pQr]jgii;„g over, destroys the charm which a firstglance at it creates. In it, the ornaments whichin Grecian architecture are so well a])plied andbalanced, seem more the work of chance than ofFiR. i.^. AT MADURAH. cousideratioii. We here insert an external view of the temple at this place {fg. 44.). The essential differences between I
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. n works. Yet an examination [ ^11 \J^ JK^i of the details, and particularly of the system of— ^ ^>~-Ti| pQr]jgii;„g over, destroys the charm which a firstglance at it creates. In it, the ornaments whichin Grecian architecture are so well a])plied andbalanced, seem more the work of chance than ofFiR. i.^. AT MADURAH. cousideratioii. We here insert an external view of the temple at this place {fg. 44.). The essential differences between Indian and Egyp-tian architecture, in connectionwith the sculpture applied tothem, have been well givenin the Enct/clopedie Mcthodiqiie,and we shall here subjoin Egypt, the principal formsof the building and its partspre])onderate, inasmuch as thehieroglyphics with which theyare covered never interferewith the general forms, nor in-ure the ettect of the whole ; inIndia, the i)ri]Kipal form islost in the ornaments whichdivide and decompose it. InEgypt, that which is essential])redominates; in India, youare lost in the multitude of.
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