# Some old masters of Greek architecture

Author: Douglas, Harry, 1857-1938; Farrand, Charles D., 1865- [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: History - Ancient

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75561

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Some+old+masters+of+Greek+architecture+Douglas&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Of all the fine arts none more completely answers for its _raison d’être_ than architecture. In this art alone do we find the harmonious mingling of æsthetical fancy with utilitarian purpose. It is this feature of usefulness that completes its well-rounded perfection, rather than detracts from it, and dignifies its mission of existence. Architecture, in its capacity to draw to its enrichment the other arts, may be compared to the polished orator, whose purpose is to sway the judgment of his audience by forensic effort, embellishing his language with the flowers of rhetoric, adapting his gestures to graceful emphasis, and controlling his voice to suit the light and shade of his thought. So...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-old-masters-of-greek-architecture-75561/chapters/7/index.md)