A New Family Encyclopedia; Or Compendium of Universal Knowledge Comprehending a Plain and Practical View of Those Subjects Most Interesting to Persons in the Ordinary Professions of Life. Illustrated by Numberous Engravings
A New Family Encyclopedia; Or Compendium of Universal Knowledge Comprehending a Plain and Practical View of Those Subjects Most Interesting to Persons in the Ordinary Professions of Life. Illustrated by Numberous Engravings
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...of grea'. magnitude, and of a sublime character. Of this order is the temple of Thageus at Athens, built ten years after the battle of Marathon, and at this day almost entire. Ionic Order. The distinguishing characteristics of Wiis order are lightness and elegance. It is likewise simple; for simplicity is an essential ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...of grea'. magnitude, and of a sublime character. Of this order is the temple of Thageus at Athens, built ten years after the battle of Marathon, and at this day almost entire. Ionic Order. The distinguishing characteristics of Wiis order are lightness and elegance. It is likewise simple; for simplicity is an essential requisite of true beauty. Of this order were the temple of Apollo at Miletus, the-temple of the Delphic Oracle, and the temple of Diana at Ephesus." Coainthian Order. This is considered the finest of all the orders. It has been styled the "virginal order," from the delicacy, tenderness, and beauty of the whole composition. Exceptions, however, have been taken to it, it being thought to savor too much of pomp and splendor ARCHITKUTURE. ARCHITECTURE. and to mark an age of luxury and magnificence. Thompson has well characterized the three orders in the following appropriate lines: "First unadorned, plain, the manly Doric rose;. then, with decent matron grace, ir pillar heav'd; luxuriant last The rich Corinthian spread her wanton wreath." The most correct specimens of this order that remain in existence are to be collected from the Stoa, the arch of Adrian, the monument of Lysicratus, at Athens, the Pantheon of Agrippa, and the three columns of the Oarnpo Vaccino at Rome, particularly the last. Composite Order. This order is what its name implies: it shows that the Greeks had in the three original orders exhausted all the prin. ciplcs of grandeur and beauty, and that it was not possible to torm a fourth, except by combining the former. Gothic AacmTrcTraE. To the above five orders was afterwards added another, called the Gothic or Saracenic, the marks of whlch are its numerous and prominent buttresses, its lofty spires and ...
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Fair. 1834 edition. Full leather cover shows minor wear and rubbing, edgewear. Contemporary writing on the front endpaper, name stamp on a blank prelim. Pages are shaken with foxing, textblock is split at a center gutter. Over 500, 000 Internet Orders FIlled.
