Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . ^^ Fig. 73. Corinthian Capital from Tower cntasis of that Order, and with theof the Winds. fl^^gg running directly do^\^l into the platform on which it is set; but the shaft is itself more slender,being eight and one-quarter diameters in height, including the the column shown in Plate XLVIII, a perspective of the cap-ital is shown in Fig. 73, while the interesting acanthus leaf embellish-ing it is drawn out at a larger scale in Fig. 69. Fig. 74 displays theentire tower, along with th
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . ^^ Fig. 73. Corinthian Capital from Tower cntasis of that Order, and with theof the Winds. fl^^gg running directly do^\^l into the platform on which it is set; but the shaft is itself more slender,being eight and one-quarter diameters in height, including the the column shown in Plate XLVIII, a perspective of the cap-ital is shown in Fig. 73, while the interesting acanthus leaf embellish-ing it is drawn out at a larger scale in Fig. 69. Fig. 74 displays theentire tower, along with the unusual porch usage of the columns, thefirst Classic instance of their employment after this modern Monument of Lysicrates. The details given in PlateXLIX are taken from the Choragic Monument of I^ysicrates atAthens, an example of the purest Greek art, and the most interestingwhich we can find of a Corinthian order employed on an exterior. 122. a Q o . wSo . 2 <
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