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The Calcutta Review an Illustrated Monthly (Third Series) February 1930

1930

Similarly the capitals are varied at pleasure though not without regard to the diameter and length of the shaft and the forms of the plainest of them are found at a distant view to bear some resemblance to the Doric and Ionic capitals ; but those of a more elaborate kind are sometimes so overloaded with a short of filligree ornaments as to destroy the effect of the beautiful proportions of the [...] It is fluted in all instanced save in the facades of the necropoles at Persepolis and the single column that still remains of the Palace of Cyrus in the upland valley of the Polvar.' (p. [...] 'The complex column with double capital and volutes rose between tile four enormous pillars of the monumental propylaea on the Persepolitan platform ; it upheld the ceiling of the central hall of the great Palace of Zerzes and formed the supports both internally and externally in the main porch of the Hall of a hundred columns as well as those of the hypotyle hall of Artaxerxes at Susa.' [...] 92): In India on the other hand it should be noted the analogy lies with the human body : the oapital stands for the bead; the shaft for the body the base for the leg and the pedestal for the foot.. [...] The hope of the Kingdom of (;od may be traced hawk throngli the writings of the Jewish scripture to the veiT beginning of the religion of Nrael.
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Pages
141
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Mathematics and Education
155-162 John Maclean view
Indo-Persian Architecture
163-179 P.K. Acharya view
How did Jesus Interpret Himself?
180-190 Wendell Thomas view
The True Artist and his Art
191-206 Jitendra Chakravarty view
The Bengal Land-Holder—Sub-Division Fragmentation and Sub-Infeudation
207-211 J.C. Ghosh view
Realism and Humour in Music
212-214 Leland Berry view
History of Taxation of Salt Under the Rule of the East India Company
215-224 Parimal Ray view
The Problem of Purusottama in the Gita
225-235 Sushil Dev view
Sea Adventures
236-241 G.G. Jackson view
Note on the Work of the Conference on the Treatment of Foreigners
242-244 unknown view
The Thirteenth Session of the International Labour Conference
245-254 unknown view
The Philosophy of Shelley
255-279 Jaygopal Banerjee view
Reviews
280-288 unknown view
Ourselves
289-295 unknown view

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