. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. j\jr^T^jr^jr^j\ neath, and wove about the basket sides an intricatedesign of dark-green fretted foliage and evanescentgold. Reaching, it clambered till it touched the pari-etal top,then, curv- A A A A i downwardfrom the tile, fourgraceful volutesformed. Whichseeing, Callicrates(the sculptor of hisage) did marveland admire and soheartily approve, That, running to hisstudio, with skilled-inspired hand, He forged the fairestcapital in all the Dor-ian land. This capitalconsisted of tworows of acanthusleaves and one ofvolutes,


. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. j\jr^T^jr^jr^j\ neath, and wove about the basket sides an intricatedesign of dark-green fretted foliage and evanescentgold. Reaching, it clambered till it touched the pari-etal top,then, curv- A A A A i downwardfrom the tile, fourgraceful volutesformed. Whichseeing, Callicrates(the sculptor of hisage) did marveland admire and soheartily approve, That, running to hisstudio, with skilled-inspired hand, He forged the fairestcapital in all the Dor-ian land. This capitalconsisted of tworows of acanthusleaves and one ofvolutes, surmount-ed by a squareabacus or slab withslightly concavesides (Fig. 59). Thecolumn rose a di- , 1 • 1 Fig. 53.—Detail from the Choraeic monument ameternigherthan e _ . b °. of Lysicrates. in the Ionic order, and the cornice increased its mouldings and almost invariably carried i/4 GREECE.


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