. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. .J.—The Leap. 130 CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE. A rch itedural Cliaradcr. Ob;crvations whicli liavc been made during the course ofthis and the previous chapters will have gone far to pointout the characteristics of Greek art. An archaic andalmost forbidding severity, with heavy proportions and. r^^s;^^=^ Pig. 8G.—Metope froii the Partuenox. CoNptior beiweek A CeXIAUK AXi; 0^E OF TUB LaPITH^ more strength than grace, marks the earliest Greek build-ings of which Ave have any fragments remaining. Dignity,sobrietj^, refinement, and beauty are t
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. .J.—The Leap. 130 CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE. A rch itedural Cliaradcr. Ob;crvations whicli liavc been made during the course ofthis and the previous chapters will have gone far to pointout the characteristics of Greek art. An archaic andalmost forbidding severity, with heavy proportions and. r^^s;^^=^ Pig. 8G.—Metope froii the Partuenox. CoNptior beiweek A CeXIAUK AXi; 0^E OF TUB LaPITH^ more strength than grace, marks the earliest Greek build-ings of which Ave have any fragments remaining. Dignity,sobrietj^, refinement, and beauty are the qualities of theworks of the best period. The latest buildings weremore rich, more ornate, and more slender in their pro-portions, and to a certain extent less severe. 131 ^[ost carefully studied jiroportions prevailed, and weiewrought out to a pitch of completeness and reiinemeutwhich is truly astouudiug. Symmetry was the all bub
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