Word: lonic
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...racy behavior that we witnessed was standard, their inhibitions as well) this clever maneuver forces customers to revel in the plushly appointed, opulent bar. Unfortunately, the cozy bar is not meant to accommodate quite so many backed-up tables. Its Egyptiannate gold painted ceiling and walls, lonic columns, upturned mushroom-shaped lamps, and low-slung red velvet chairs become a bit oppressive when the bar is packed. However, as the crowd thinned out, the elegance of the space emerged...
...Development of the lonic Order, the Erechtheum," Professor Chase, New Fogg...
...courtyard where the dedication is to take place is in the Italian traventine style and has a double arcade consisting of Doric pilasters below and lonic pilasters and columns above running around all four sides. The arcade is modeled on the front of the presbyter of the Church of the Madonna di San Bjazio at Monte Palciano...
This volume represents the results of more than 20 years of study devoted to the most famous lonic temple of antiquity by scholars who have been officers or members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. There are 236 illustrations, a selected bibliography, brief discussions of various interesting details, and copious indices...
...rock of the Acropolis. The time of the erection of the temple is somewhat doubtful, although Bohn advances technical proof tending to show that it belongs to the same period as the Propylaea. Pertelic marble was used in the construction of the temple. The style of architecture, which is lonic, was well illustrated by stereopticon views. Little could be said of the sculptures, because Dr. Wheeler did not have views to illustrate his remarks; he described as well as he could, however, the extreme beauty of this sculpturing, which is of a later date than that of the Parthenon...
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