A dictionary of Greek and Roman . t simple form arethose in the temple of the Ilissus, and the templeof Athena Polias at Priene ; the latter is usuallyconsidered the best example of all. The porticoof the temple of Athena Polias, adjoining to theErechtheium, at Athens, displays a greater profusionof ornament, but is equally pure in its is shown in the preceding engraving. The use of the Ionic Order presented one im-portant difficulty. In the side view of thecapital, the volutes did not show their beautifulspiral curl, but only a roll, bound together byastragals ; so t
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . t simple form arethose in the temple of the Ilissus, and the templeof Athena Polias at Priene ; the latter is usuallyconsidered the best example of all. The porticoof the temple of Athena Polias, adjoining to theErechtheium, at Athens, displays a greater profusionof ornament, but is equally pure in its is shown in the preceding engraving. The use of the Ionic Order presented one im-portant difficulty. In the side view of thecapital, the volutes did not show their beautifulspiral curl, but only a roll, bound together byastragals ; so that, where the order had to be car-ried round a corner, it was necessary that thecapital of the corner column should present twofaces. This was accomplished by giving the outervolute an inclination of 45° to the surfaces, andsculpturing the spiral on each of its sides, as shownin the following engraving ; in which the upperfigure shows an elevation, viewed from the innerside, and the lower figure a plan, of a corner capitalof the Ionic The Romans, with the usual infelicity of imita-tors, frequently made all the capitals with cornervolutes. Their volutes also are usually stiff andmeagre, and the order, as a whole, remarkably in-ferior to the Grecian examples. For a collection ofspecimens of the order, see the plates of Mauch. III. The Corinthian Order is still more slenderthan the Ionic, and is especially characterised byits beautiful capital, which is said to have beensuggested to the mind of the celebrated sculptorCallimachus by the sight of a basket, covered bya tile, and overgrown by the leaves of an acanthus,on which it had accidentally been placed. Thelowest member of the capital, answering to thehypotraclielium, is a sort of catyx (calatJius), from COLUMNA. which spring generally two rows of acanthusleaves, surmounted at each corner by a smallvolute, the spaces between the volutes being oc-cupied by flowers, masks, or arabesques, or by an-other pair of volutes in
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