. Architecture, classic and early Christian . ilo. oGa.—Slction op the Greek Doric Temple at P^stua:. A5 restukes Br lioTTICUEit. SGcms prohahle that sometliing more or less like the clere-story of a Gothic church must have been employed toadmit light to these buildings, as we know was the casein the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. But this structure, ifit existed, has entirely disapjieared.* The order of the Parthenon was Doric, and the lead-ing proportions were as follows :—The column Avas 5-5G * Mr. Fergussous investigations, soon, it is understood, to be publishedill a complete form, clearly sho
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . ilo. oGa.—Slction op the Greek Doric Temple at P^stua:. A5 restukes Br lioTTICUEit. SGcms prohahle that sometliing more or less like the clere-story of a Gothic church must have been employed toadmit light to these buildings, as we know was the casein the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. But this structure, ifit existed, has entirely disapjieared.* The order of the Parthenon was Doric, and the lead-ing proportions were as follows :—The column Avas 5-5G * Mr. Fergussous investigations, soon, it is understood, to be publishedill a complete form, clearly show that the clerestory and roof can berestored with the greatest probability. Corona^ / Mutulcs . ,. Fhalt or Cjluran Fig. 57.—The Celek Doric Orplb froji tde Tuecium. 94 CLASSIC ARCniTECTURB. diameters bigli; the whole height, including the stylohateor steps, might be divided into nine parts, of which twogo to the stylobate, six to the column, and one to theentablature. The Greek Doric order is without a base; the shaft ofthe column springs from the top step and tapers towardsthe top, the outline being not. however, straight, but of asubtle curve, known technically as the entasis of thecolumn. This shaft is channelled with twenty shallowchannels,* the ridges separating one from another being
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