Ecclesiastical art in Germany during the middle ages (1873)
Lübke, Wilhelm, 1826-1893, Wheatley, L. A. (Leonard Abercrombie), 1835-1895 · Edinburgh, T. C. Jack; [etc., etc.] · leaf 26
Early Christian Basilicas. 6 Corinthian ; but above these there is a heavy double voluta of a pompous character suitable to the Roman … love of excessive display. But most rarely is found the more simple Ionic capital (Fig. 5), consisting of a cushion with projecting rolls (the voluta ). The columns were at first, like their ancient models, united by a stone entablature (the architrave ), which in the Ro- ^ man art was formed by…
Church architecture · Church furniture
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