. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. Fig. 48.—Plan of the Parthenon. of the shrine parallel to the outer peristyle, but thiswas confined to lar^e-sized temples. All houses of worship were divided according tothree principal systems or orders—namely, Doric,Ionic, and Corinthian, and each order consistedbriefly of a column, a pedestal (on which in Romantimes the column rested), and an entablature ox topmember. These were furthermore subdivided : the columninto base, shaft, and capital or top (Plate XV); thepedestal into base, body, and plinth ; and the entabla-
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. Fig. 48.—Plan of the Parthenon. of the shrine parallel to the outer peristyle, but thiswas confined to lar^e-sized temples. All houses of worship were divided according tothree principal systems or orders—namely, Doric,Ionic, and Corinthian, and each order consistedbriefly of a column, a pedestal (on which in Romantimes the column rested), and an entablature ox topmember. These were furthermore subdivided : the columninto base, shaft, and capital or top (Plate XV); thepedestal into base, body, and plinth ; and the entabla-ture into an architrave or beam resting directly on thecolumn, a frieze or space occupied by the ends of. DORIC. IONIC. CORINTHIAN. Plate XV.—The Greek Orders. i;o GREECE. the cross beams, and a cornice or line of projectingmouldings above the latter (see Plate XV u These members, variously proportioned and dec-orated, form (with the arch introduced later by the A ^ ^_ ,- r: 1 A * *^3 hmmri imm • m m Fig. 4<j.—Roof of marble tiles in a Greek Doric temple. Romans, but unemployed by the Greeks) the basisof all classical design. THE DORIC RDER. The Doric takes chronological precedence of theOther two orders; for among the ruins now remain-ing is an example whose date can not be assignedlater than 650 n. c It occurs in the Doric Temple i ICorinth, a building very far from realizing in its de-sign the beauty and elegance of proportion to befound in the later developments of the style. In- TEMPLE AT CORINTH. 151 deed, its columns, though tapering, are only four di-ameters * in height (Fig. 50), causing a general thick-ening of the mem-bers this very mas-siveness
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