Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . Fig. XLVII.(A reproduction at snjall size Qt portfolio pjate Xl-VJl.) STUDY OF THE ORDERS 143 additional height is taken up by the capital itself, while the height ofthe shaft remains practically the same. General Type of Corinthian Order. The shaft of the Corinthiancolumn is grooved -with twenty-four channels, the same in number andin shape as those which ornament the Ionic column. The base isalso the same; and it is the elevation of the capital, with its drawn-outnarrow form, that adds apparent height t
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . Fig. XLVII.(A reproduction at snjall size Qt portfolio pjate Xl-VJl.) STUDY OF THE ORDERS 143 additional height is taken up by the capital itself, while the height ofthe shaft remains practically the same. General Type of Corinthian Order. The shaft of the Corinthiancolumn is grooved -with twenty-four channels, the same in number andin shape as those which ornament the Ionic column. The base isalso the same; and it is the elevation of the capital, with its drawn-outnarrow form, that adds apparent height to the shaft and makes theCorinthian colunm appear more elegant. The height of the Corinthian entablatiu-e is two diameters andone-half, the diameter being, as always, taken at the bottom of theshaft. These proportions, although generally admitted, are notinvariable; but they may be considered as a mean, founded on theexamples of which we know, although they are admittedly very fewin number. The entablature differs but slightly from the one we have alreadyseen on the Ionic Ord
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