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" I have often inquired the reason of this, from very intelligent workmen, and have as often received for answer, that the Tuscan order is too massive and plain, the Doric too expensive, and the Ionic too rich, and that they are therefore under the necessity... "
Practice of Architecture: Containing the Five Orders of Architecture and an ... - Page 32
by Asher Benjamin - 1833 - 116 pages
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Two Carpenters: Architecture and Building in Early New England, 1799-1859

J. Ritchie Garrison - Architecture - 2006 - 236 pages
...Benjamin explained it, "I have often inquired the reason of this, from very intelligent workmen, and have often received for answer that the Tuscan order is...conform to the views and purses of their employers." Calvin Steams could have made the same observation. He and Murdock took liberties with proper classical...
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