The world: historical and actual . cedtoward the close of the archaic period of Greekart, For the benefit of those who are interested in thetechniques of architecture we append what DeForest says in his historyof art about the lintel orentablature of a Greek or-der. It has, he observes,three members,—thearchitrave, or principalbeam, which rests directlyupon the capital of the col-umns ; the frieze, or orna-mental band ; and the pro-jecting cornice which pro-tects the frieze and archi-trave, as the capital j>ro-tects the column from theinclemencies of the weath-er. The column is alsodivided
The world: historical and actual . cedtoward the close of the archaic period of Greekart, For the benefit of those who are interested in thetechniques of architecture we append what DeForest says in his historyof art about the lintel orentablature of a Greek or-der. It has, he observes,three members,—thearchitrave, or principalbeam, which rests directlyupon the capital of the col-umns ; the frieze, or orna-mental band ; and the pro-jecting cornice which pro-tects the frieze and archi-trave, as the capital j>ro-tects the column from theinclemencies of the weath-er. The column is alsodivided into three parts,—the base, which is an ex-pansion of the shaft, hav-ing the same relation toit that the foot has to the GROUP OF THE LAOCOON. ^^ g^. ^ ^ or upright support; and the capital or bearer,which has been likened to a hand spread outto receive the weight of the architrave. Thepediment or gable is the triangular space at eitherend of a building between the cornice of theentablature and the cornice of the sloping
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