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The Rise Of The Five Orders Of Architecture.
which is deemed the richest of the orders , and masterpiece of art ; its column is ten diameters hi gh , its capital is adorned with two rows of leaves and eight volutes , which sustain the abacus . This order is chiefly used in statel y and superb structures . Callimachus took the hint of the capital of this column from the following remarkable
circumstance : accidentally passing the tomb of a younglady , he perceived a basket of toys which had been left there by her nurse , covered with a tile , and placed over an acanthus root ; as the branches grew up , they encompassed the basket , till , arriving at the tile , they met with an obstructionand bent downwards . Callimachusstruck
, , with the object , set about imitating the figure ; the vase of the capital he made to represent the basket , the abacus the tile , and the volutes the bending leaves . Yet not content with this utmost production of her own
powers , Masonry held forth her torch , and illuminated the whole circle of arts and sciences ; this gave rise to the Composite order , so named from being composed from parts of the other orders . Its capital is adorned with the two rows of leaves of the Corinthian , and the volutes of the Ionic , and has the quarter round of the Tuscan and Doric
orders ; its column is ten diameters high , and its cornice has dentils or simple modillions : this order is chiefly used in structures where strength , elegance , and beauty are displayed . Painting and sculpture strained every nerve to decorate the buildings fair science had raised , while the curious
hand designed the furniture and tapestry , beautifying and adorning them with music , eloquence , poetry , temperance , fortitude , prudence , justice , virtue , honour , mercy , faith , hope , charity , and many other Masonic emblems—but none shone with greater splendour than Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth .
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The Rise Of The Five Orders Of Architecture.
which is deemed the richest of the orders , and masterpiece of art ; its column is ten diameters hi gh , its capital is adorned with two rows of leaves and eight volutes , which sustain the abacus . This order is chiefly used in statel y and superb structures . Callimachus took the hint of the capital of this column from the following remarkable
circumstance : accidentally passing the tomb of a younglady , he perceived a basket of toys which had been left there by her nurse , covered with a tile , and placed over an acanthus root ; as the branches grew up , they encompassed the basket , till , arriving at the tile , they met with an obstructionand bent downwards . Callimachusstruck
, , with the object , set about imitating the figure ; the vase of the capital he made to represent the basket , the abacus the tile , and the volutes the bending leaves . Yet not content with this utmost production of her own
powers , Masonry held forth her torch , and illuminated the whole circle of arts and sciences ; this gave rise to the Composite order , so named from being composed from parts of the other orders . Its capital is adorned with the two rows of leaves of the Corinthian , and the volutes of the Ionic , and has the quarter round of the Tuscan and Doric
orders ; its column is ten diameters high , and its cornice has dentils or simple modillions : this order is chiefly used in structures where strength , elegance , and beauty are displayed . Painting and sculpture strained every nerve to decorate the buildings fair science had raised , while the curious
hand designed the furniture and tapestry , beautifying and adorning them with music , eloquence , poetry , temperance , fortitude , prudence , justice , virtue , honour , mercy , faith , hope , charity , and many other Masonic emblems—but none shone with greater splendour than Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth .