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away from the
light, but by the horizontal line on the side toward the light. The shadows of the cornice, and and Of the abacus of the capital, are just what they would be if there were no moldings at all, and may be drawn as in Example V A. Example B. The Same; Perspective Plan and Perspective With Shadows. ^The farther comer of the capital of the post being itself in shadow, casts no shadow upon the wall. The beveled miter Hnes on the front comer, which slope downwards and backwards at the angle have their Vanishing Point at V* just below V^. Example XI. An Entablature; Plan and Elevation With Shadow. This is the same subject as in Example X, but it shows in plan, an internal angle, and three ex-
of the
fillets,
,
—
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ternal ones.
Example XII A A Doric Gutta Plan and Two Elevations. The Guttae, or Drops, which occur .
or Drop;
in Doric architecture, are usually either cylindrical or conical.
But
Roman
Doric order, those which occur on the upper band of the architrave, beneath the in the
are often rectangular
triglyphs,
in plan, being frusta of pyramids,
wedges. They differ and shape in different examples, but never vary or, rather, of
somewhat
in size
Ex. XII
A
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Ex. XIII
A
XIII
B
the type here shown, in which the depth of the base of the pyramid or wedge is three-fourths, drop is and the height of the entire wedge is twice, the width of the base. The fmstum which constitutes the is wide at the base. high as it as being cut, it is which from half as high as the wedge XII B. The Same; Perspective Plan and Perspective .—This presents no difficulty. The vanishing
much from
Example
the gutta, and for its shadow. the lines are easily ascertained, except for the inclined edges of connecting them. and extremities their F^ is as far from at points the finding by These must be determined Fig. in the Appendix.) (See distance. this of diagonal the at over it, directly is F'^, and V" is points of V'^ as
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