The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . ,and an echinus moulding aboveenriched with the egg-and-dart,on which rests the capital withspiral volutes at each end,and from front to back withcushions which vary in designand enrichment. In the capitalsof the angle columns the endvolute is turned round on thediagonal, so as to present thesame appearance on the frontand the side; this results in anawkward arrangement at theback, where two half-volutesintersect one another at rightangles. A small abacus, gener-ally carved with ornament,crowns th
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . ,and an echinus moulding aboveenriched with the egg-and-dart,on which rests the capital withspiral volutes at each end,and from front to back withcushions which vary in designand enrichment. In the capitalsof the angle columns the endvolute is turned round on thediagonal, so as to present thesame appearance on the frontand the side; this results in anawkward arrangement at theback, where two half-volutesintersect one another at rightangles. A small abacus, gener-ally carved with ornament,crowns the capital. In earlyexamples the channels be-tween the fillets of the spiralare convex, in later examplesconcave. In the capitals ofthe Erechtheum (fig. 4), a greater richness is given by inter-mediary fillets. In all great examples the second fillet dipsdown in the centre of the front and a small anthemion ornamentmarks the receding of the echinus moulding, which is circularand sometimes nearly merged into the cushion. In the Erech-theum the enrichment of the capital is carried further in the. Fie. 3.—The Greek IonicOrder. Temple of Nike Apteros,Alliens.
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