. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. vided into three parts; or, which is the same thing, the height fromthe centre of the pediment must be divided into three parts, and the upper division takenfor the entablature. These proportions are exceedingly siinple in their application; if itwere intended that the columns and the spaces between them shoidd be ecjual, half the widthof the fa9ade, or 22 feet 6 inches, should be distributed among the intcrcolumniations,and the other half divided a
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. vided into three parts; or, which is the same thing, the height fromthe centre of the pediment must be divided into three parts, and the upper division takenfor the entablature. These proportions are exceedingly siinple in their application; if itwere intended that the columns and the spaces between them shoidd be ecjual, half the widthof the fa9ade, or 22 feet 6 inches, should be distributed among the intcrcolumniations,and the other half divided among the columns. The Temple of Theseus at Athens is one of the best preserved as well as the most admired,and was probably erected soon after the Tarthenon ; it is of Pcntelican marble, adornedwith admirable scuqitures. The total width of its hexastyle portico is 45 feet, and its height,msteadof 30, is 31 feet; the extra foot, which prevents it being an exact square and a half, isgiven to the pediment, which probably has undergone some change, as it rises much matethan the ninth of its whole extent. riiAf. II. PRINCIPLES OF PROPORTION. 943. Fig. 1028. HE.\AsrvLE rouricoES. Feet. In. 5 9-75 1 0-45 2 8-55 2 8-9 18 8-8 The lieiglit of the pediment is - - level cornice frieze ...architravecolumns and of the entire facade - - - 31 0-4 Feet. the pediment - - - - 2 10-875 the level entablature - - - 6 5*9 making together a dimension nearly equal to half the lieiglit of the I . a-~^-columns. j Ihe fa9ade of this beautiful temple is divided equally into three parts ; J is given to theentablature, and the other two to the columns and their intercolumniations. The outercolumns are 3 feet 4-85 inches in diameter, and all the others 3 feet 3-4 inches. The middleintercolumniation is 5 feet 3-95 inches, the next two each 5 feet 4-05 inches, and thosetowards the angles 4 feet 6-35 inches. The diameters taken together are 20 feet, and theintercolumniations 25 feet, so that the columns
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