The architectural director : being a guide to builders, draughtsman, students, workmen, in the study, design, and execution of architecture ... . l-tn •.-n i^oLi:, i«) y, Hilhitatt-n ? -^V^c?ij,-5»*a/J>vr^ ji^,.j,.-« rhf,^ Tu^- ...- JETMIS OiFTEE BEFTjriT^^TEUDOJOr OlEOi)EK. .^^ 2% ARCHITECTURAL DIRECTOR. 143 done. To this remark of Chambrays, it will not beuninteresting to add the grounds of his opinion. Vitru-vius informs us, that Hermogenes, of Alabanda, hav-ing a great quantity of marble, intended for buildinga temple to Bacchus, and not having at that timeany other models than
The architectural director : being a guide to builders, draughtsman, students, workmen, in the study, design, and execution of architecture ... . l-tn •.-n i^oLi:, i«) y, Hilhitatt-n ? -^V^c?ij,-5»*a/J>vr^ ji^,.j,.-« rhf,^ Tu^- ...- JETMIS OiFTEE BEFTjriT^^TEUDOJOr OlEOi)EK. .^^ 2% ARCHITECTURAL DIRECTOR. 143 done. To this remark of Chambrays, it will not beuninteresting to add the grounds of his opinion. Vitru-vius informs us, that Hermogenes, of Alabanda, hav-ing a great quantity of marble, intended for buildinga temple to Bacchus, and not having at that timeany other models than the Doric order, but inspired byhis genius, he discovered a mode not differing sensiblyfrom the rules of this order, and executed it on a newdesign. As he was an inhabitant of Caria, of whichthe lonians had made themselves the possessors, thismanner of building acquired the name of Ionic. Without proceeding further in this inquiry, orattaching any credit to the above fabulous account, itmay be asserted, that this order, as forming a part inthe system of the antique architecture, owes its in-vention neither to a single indi^idual nor city ; but tothe general progressive results of experience andtalent at a very remote period. The characteristic distinctions of the Ionic
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