Show WORK VORK OF GREEK BUILDERS Expert Describes Their Methods Especially Es Es- in the Construction of the Marvelous Parthenon Throughout Greek architecture ItIs It ItIs Itis Is apparent that the designers ers were working on the basis of centuries of precedent following definite standards of proportion and nd detail standards which varied but slightly In each gen sen- en No mysticism no laws of ritual no arbitrary applications of geometrical geometrical geo geo- metrical forms torms or of mathematical formulae but rather the juxtaposition of members carefully proportioned to each other and marvelously refined In detail produced ed a It whole the general proportions of which could not have been foreseen at th the beginning which beginning which was as furthermore often varied tried In the course of execution resultIng execution resulting however how ever In what may be regarded as the most perfect building that th the world i ihns has hns ever eyer seen And yet et It Is U tive to note that the Parthenon while synonymous with perfection had hind It lt Imperfections like ever every other human creation and It Is ls through these Imperfections Imperfections Im Im- Im perfections that we cnn can perceive perceive- how its designers were groping toward their goal Prof William Bell Dell DIs- DIs moor In Architecture DIS |