. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. II. 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 enta
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. II. 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
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