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s 71- [lect. ii.
remains of ancient art which are regarded as models
of this study: thus, we have instances of the
Cornice being in height halt the entablature; of
many members ot the entablature being suppressed,
and even of an omission of the whole architrave
and frieze; the columns supporting only the cor-
nice. These instances, however, must be con-
sidered as licentious, unless we knew die motives
which actuated the architect in his departure from
general and established principles.
The proportions of columns, also, are not always
the same;, but even in many justly admired build-
ings they are not so tall as the moderns make them.
Fluting of ' columns is supposed to render
their superficies more sensible, and, in consequence,
to increase the apparent diameter or the column;
•so that a plain shaft seems thinner than one fluted,
Flutings should never exceed twenty-four in
.number, to the lighter orders; but twenty is
sufficient for the Doric: In some instances the an-
cients made only sixteen.
The flutings ot the Ionic, &c. are separated from
ench other by a fillet of about one-thircl of the flute
in width; but Doric flutings terminate sharp in
the superficies of the pillar, without any fillet be-
tween them.
Sometimes the flutings are filled up one-third of
their height with ornament; which, when well
cut, has a rich effect: Sometimes they reach only
one-third of the height of the shaft, the upper part
being plain; and sometimes they commence at one-,
third of the height, and proceed to the top of the
shaft, the under part being plain,
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remains of ancient art which are regarded as models
of this study: thus, we have instances of the
Cornice being in height halt the entablature; of
many members ot the entablature being suppressed,
and even of an omission of the whole architrave
and frieze; the columns supporting only the cor-
nice. These instances, however, must be con-
sidered as licentious, unless we knew die motives
which actuated the architect in his departure from
general and established principles.
The proportions of columns, also, are not always
the same;, but even in many justly admired build-
ings they are not so tall as the moderns make them.
Fluting of ' columns is supposed to render
their superficies more sensible, and, in consequence,
to increase the apparent diameter or the column;
•so that a plain shaft seems thinner than one fluted,
Flutings should never exceed twenty-four in
.number, to the lighter orders; but twenty is
sufficient for the Doric: In some instances the an-
cients made only sixteen.
The flutings ot the Ionic, &c. are separated from
ench other by a fillet of about one-thircl of the flute
in width; but Doric flutings terminate sharp in
the superficies of the pillar, without any fillet be-
tween them.
Sometimes the flutings are filled up one-third of
their height with ornament; which, when well
cut, has a rich effect: Sometimes they reach only
one-third of the height of the shaft, the upper part
being plain; and sometimes they commence at one-,
third of the height, and proceed to the top of the
shaft, the under part being plain,
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