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Identifier: gri_33125008508794 (find matches)
Title: Cottage, lodge, and villa architecture
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Audsley, W. (William), 1833-1907 Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838-1925
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Architecture, Gothic Architecture, Gothic
Publisher: London Glasgow Edinburgh : William Mackenzie
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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20 ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. entablature, which is therefore one-fourth of the height of the column, or two and a halfdiameters high. The architrave is three-fourths of a diameter high, the frieze is two-thirds, and the cornice one and a twelfth. Dividing the height of the architrave intofive parts, one of these is due to the fillet, the quirked cyma-reversa, and the bead;the other four parts are divided equally among the three fascia which compose the Fig 5.
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remainder of the architrave. The frieze is commonly ornamented, though frequently leftquite flat and plain. The height of the cornice being divided into three parts, theyare disposed among the members in the manner exhibited by Plate C. The projectionof the cornice over the frieze is equal to its height; the projections of the members ofwhich it is composed are given on the plate. The modillions which overhang thedentil band are represented in fig. 5. OF THE ROMAN DORIC ORDER. In the progress of their conquests, the Romans extended their dominions over thecolonies of Greece, over Greece itself, and over some parts of Asia. It was not tillthey had acquired the mastery of these, their more polished neighbours, that theypossessed any opportunity of becoming acquainted with the architecture of Greece, aswell as with its sculptures and paintings. The columnar architecture of the Romans,imitating that of the Grecians, is evidently of the same family, though greatly inferiorin simplicity and

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