Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . Fig. 47. Plans showiiiK Develop-ment (if Doric Coluuius. 88. PLATE XXXVI.(A reproduction at small size of Portfolio Plate XXXVI.) STUDY OF THE ORDERS 91 Fig. 47); and the top of the pier was perhaps left square (C, Fig. 48),as the earUer form suggested. But it was now found that the angles of the corners were so ob-tuse that they were hardly distinguishable (A, Fig. 49); and it wasan easy further step to sharpen and emphasize these corners by hol-lowing out the flat surface, at first very slightly (B, Fig, 49). It
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . Fig. 47. Plans showiiiK Develop-ment (if Doric Coluuius. 88. PLATE XXXVI.(A reproduction at small size of Portfolio Plate XXXVI.) STUDY OF THE ORDERS 91 Fig. 47); and the top of the pier was perhaps left square (C, Fig. 48),as the earUer form suggested. But it was now found that the angles of the corners were so ob-tuse that they were hardly distinguishable (A, Fig. 49); and it wasan easy further step to sharpen and emphasize these corners by hol-lowing out the flat surface, at first very slightly (B, Fig, 49). It must be remembered that this is the development of a rock orstone-cut pier that we are tracing, and that the instinct of the artisanwas to preserve the distinctive feature, that of the angle or corner,disregarding at first an easier solution—that of making it circular
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