Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . 1 p=*?^ - \zl r 3 I) / i i 1 = =^ Mil i TELAMONES. Roman: Doric.—This was considered by the Romans as an im-provement on the simpler and severer Grecian Doric. The shaft ofthe Roman Doric was terminated like the Tuscan, but is distin-guished from the Tuscan by the try glyphs in the frieze. It hadalso a base; an example of the Roman Doric may be seen in thelower columns of the Theatre of Marcellus, at Rome. Ionic.—This modification of the Ionic was, like all Roman modifi- COLUMNS. 47 cations, for the worse. The change consisted in t

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Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . 1 p=*?^ - \zl r 3 I) / i i 1 = =^ Mil i TELAMONES. Roman: Doric.—This was considered by the Romans as an im-provement on the simpler and severer Grecian Doric. The shaft ofthe Roman Doric was terminated like the Tuscan, but is distin-guished from the Tuscan by the try glyphs in the frieze. It hadalso a base; an example of the Roman Doric may be seen in thelower columns of the Theatre of Marcellus, at Rome. Ionic.—This modification of the Ionic was, like all Roman modifi- COLUMNS. 47 cations, for the worse. The change consisted in turning all thevolutes angularly, making them mere horns, as Mr. Fergusson re-marks, and destroying all the meaning and all the grace of the I

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