Chapter II
Francis Plumptre Beresford Osmaston translation
CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
Introduction and Subdivision 62
1. The general character of classical architecture 63
(a) Serviceableness to a definite end 63
(b) The nature of the fitness or power of adaptation of such a structure to such an end 64
(c) The relatively greater artistic freedom of such architecture. Architecture as frozen music. The dwelling-house 64
2. The fundamental determinants of architectural forms in their separation 66
(a) Buildings of wood and stone. The question of their historical priority 66
(b) The specific forms of the parts of a temple-dwelling. 68
[(α) Features of support. The column 69
(β) The thing supported. The entablature, in its architecture, cornice, etc. 72
(γ) That which encloses. The walls and partitions] 74
(c) The classical temple in its entirety 77
[(α) The horizontal rather than soaring-up character 78
(β) The simplicity and proportion 78
(γ) The nature of its elaboration] 79
3. The different constructive types of classical architecture
(a) The Doric, Ionian, and Corinthian types, compared
and contrasted 80
(b) The Roman type of building. The vault 86
(c) General character of Roman architecture 88