Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . e placed. In the Doric Order they generally have a plainprojecting plinth base, with no mouldings, although sometimes theshaft descends directly to the stylobate or platform, as in the columnof the same Order. Ionic Pilasters. With the Ionic column the Greeks employed 158 STUDY OF THE ORDERS 163 many different types of pilaster capitals, some being very elaboratein their form and ornamentation. The Ionic antse, the same as theDoric antse, have for their bases the lines of the base of the walls; andfor the crowning
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . e placed. In the Doric Order they generally have a plainprojecting plinth base, with no mouldings, although sometimes theshaft descends directly to the stylobate or platform, as in the columnof the same Order. Ionic Pilasters. With the Ionic column the Greeks employed 158 STUDY OF THE ORDERS 163 many different types of pilaster capitals, some being very elaboratein their form and ornamentation. The Ionic antse, the same as theDoric antse, have for their bases the lines of the base of the walls; andfor the crowning mouldings of their capitals, the mouldings are coveredwith ornaments, eggs-and-darts, beads and reels, honeysuckles, capital of the Ionic antse receives from the school of Pythiussculptured decorations of great variety. The best type is undoubtedlythat which we find used in the Erechtheum, with the various examplesof the Ionic ornamented capital and column which we have alreadyillustrated. Two of these pilasters are shown in Fig. 92. These antse GREEIGlONIOPIIASm^CAP.
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