Word: ionic
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tenth volume of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, edited by a committee of professors in the classical department, has appeared recently. The contents are as follows: "Some Questions in Latin Stem Formation," by Professor Greenough; "The Mouthpiece of the Flute," by Professor Howard; "The Ionic Capitals in Asia Minor," by Dr. W. N. Bates '90, instructor in the classical department of the University of Pennsylvania; "The Symbolism of the Apple in Classical Antiquity," by Doctor B. O. Foster, now at the American School of Classical Studies at Rome; "Greek Shoes in the Classical Period," by A. A. Bryant...
...Museum last evening by Mr. Edward Robinson. He took for his subject Greek Architecture, and showed that its chief development was in the temple, which was always perfectly simple and as far as possible a unit. There was no individualism shown and the only differences in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian forms were in matters of detail...
...classic style, designed in the form of a Greek cross and surmounted by a dome. At the southern end of the cross and facing the main entrance to the university a flight of twenty-six steps 86 feet wide will rise to a portico of ten Ionic columns, 35 feet high, which will form the main entrance to the structure. This portico will be surmounted by a panel extending its entire length and filled with inscriptions. The stylobate of the main portico which will be 12 feet above the terrace, will be at the level...
...said that there was much confusion in the popular idea of orders. Many persons think that different styles are different orders, while in reality the orders are only various expressions of the same style. There are only three distinct orders,- the Doric, the Ionic, and the Corinthian. All others are variations of these. The variations are endless in number and admit of as great changes as any one can desire. The restrictions are not in any sense bonds, but have really done more to bring about variety of design than to limit...
...greatest, and there are various other points which the orders have in common. The exact distinctions between the orders are necessarily technical, but in general the orders may be distinguished by the difference in the caps of the columns. The Doric is the simplest, then comes the Ionic increasing in strength and richness, and finally, most massive and rich of all, the Corinthian...