. Architecture for general students. y had variedso as to overcome its one objectionable feature ; forby curving outward the angles of the voluted mem-ber, they were enabled to give the same form to allof the four sides, at the same time considerably in- This, the Roman Ionic, as it was called, they placed above the two rows of acanthus leaves arranged as in the Corinthian, and this new capital was known as the Composite. TheTuscan, which may be considered as a variation ofthe Doric, is said to have been derived from Etru-ria. The height of the column is about seven diam-eters, and the shaft,
. Architecture for general students. y had variedso as to overcome its one objectionable feature ; forby curving outward the angles of the voluted mem-ber, they were enabled to give the same form to allof the four sides, at the same time considerably in- This, the Roman Ionic, as it was called, they placed above the two rows of acanthus leaves arranged as in the Corinthian, and this new capital was known as the Composite. TheTuscan, which may be considered as a variation ofthe Doric, is said to have been derived from Etru-ria. The height of the column is about seven diam-eters, and the shaft, which is never fluted, rests upona simple base, consisting of a plinth surmounted bya torus and a single fillet. The capital is like theDoric, but a short distance below it the necking issurrounded by an astragal and fillet. The archi-trave, composed of two fasciae, is separated from theplain and unadorned frieze by an astragal, and thisfrieze is crowned with a cavetto and ovolo. Theoverhanging cornice is quite simple, and there are.
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