The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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... Corinthian order that per- haps ever existed in the world was the Temple of Jupiter Stator , in the Campo Vaccino ( Forum ) , at Rome . We adopt the name of Jupiter Stator , because by that , though its propriety cannot be now ...
... Corinthian order that per- haps ever existed in the world was the Temple of Jupiter Stator , in the Campo Vaccino ( Forum ) , at Rome . We adopt the name of Jupiter Stator , because by that , though its propriety cannot be now ...
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... Corinthian , Tuscan , and Composite orders , whereof the three first are of ... order is capable of being modified into many shades and degrees of that ... Corinthian . Bounded on one side by strength , and by elegance on the other , in ...
... Corinthian , Tuscan , and Composite orders , whereof the three first are of ... order is capable of being modified into many shades and degrees of that ... Corinthian . Bounded on one side by strength , and by elegance on the other , in ...
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Joseph Gwilt, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth. SECT . VI . THE CORINTHIAN ORDER . 2582. For the Corinthian order , we must seek examples rather in Rome than in any part of Greece . The portico at Athens , and the arch of Hadrian at ...
Joseph Gwilt, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth. SECT . VI . THE CORINTHIAN ORDER . 2582. For the Corinthian order , we must seek examples rather in Rome than in any part of Greece . The portico at Athens , and the arch of Hadrian at ...
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