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CHAPTER IV
STR UCTURAL DECORATION
T N the persistence of certain forms which
were the direct result of the structure of
a building or object, we have a very con-
siderable source of decoration. In Greek
architecture many of the details are entirely
the product of wooden construction trans-
lated into stone. The triglyphs, the imita-
tion of nail heads, of the ends of the poles
supporting the roofing, of the crossing of
beams at the coffers, are all details which
are retained as decoration long after they
ceased to have any structural meaning, owing
to an entire change of material. Such is
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STR UCTURAL DECORATION
T N the persistence of certain forms which
were the direct result of the structure of
a building or object, we have a very con-
siderable source of decoration. In Greek
architecture many of the details are entirely
the product of wooden construction trans-
lated into stone. The triglyphs, the imita-
tion of nail heads, of the ends of the poles
supporting the roofing, of the crossing of
beams at the coffers, are all details which
are retained as decoration long after they
ceased to have any structural meaning, owing
to an entire change of material. Such is
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