. How to judge architecture : a popular guide to the appreciation of buildings. ERECHTHEUM. ATHENS, ITioM Till; .NOKTH. SFIOWING NOKTII VI. EKKrilTIIEUM; PORTICO OF CAH VATII .KS. S. K. The Sculpture of Ionic Buildings ventionalized leafage, independently de-signed curvatures and broken lines, andthe play of surface given by slight reliefsalternating continually with smooth flatplanes, are all introduced. If, farther, welook back to Plate VI and note the treat-ment of that splendid Portico of theMaidens, we shall see what Greek thoughtwas capable of in the way of
. How to judge architecture : a popular guide to the appreciation of buildings. ERECHTHEUM. ATHENS, ITioM Till; .NOKTH. SFIOWING NOKTII VI. EKKrilTIIEUM; PORTICO OF CAH VATII .KS. S. K. The Sculpture of Ionic Buildings ventionalized leafage, independently de-signed curvatures and broken lines, andthe play of surface given by slight reliefsalternating continually with smooth flatplanes, are all introduced. If, farther, welook back to Plate VI and note the treat-ment of that splendid Portico of theMaidens, we shall see what Greek thoughtwas capable of in the way of architecturalsculpture. Now there is no difference of v-^/ j/\ ^^*^ opinion about the beauty, of the^^inipiepatterns, the anthemions,^ the egg-and-dart ^mouldings, and the like; but the verygreatest difference of opinion exists withregard to the essential propriety of humanfigures used as architectural members of suchgreat importance as these, and especiallywhen used as supports for a superincum- Anthemion: Any floral ornament arranged like a bouquet;an abstract decoration of sprigs or branches rising from a com-mon point and separating into a br
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