must be enlarged in proportion to the increase of the distance between the columns. Araeostyle if only a ninth or tenth part is given to the thickness, the column will look thin and mean, because the width of the intercolumniations is such that the air seems to eat away and diminish the thickness of such shafts. (Vitruvius, 15BCE)
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