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The architecture of Greece & Rome; a sketch of its historic development (1902)

Anderson, William J. (William James), 1864-1900, Spiers, Richard Phene, 1838-1916 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 320

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ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 226 required in the centre, and this was met by the accentuation of the keystone and its projection beyond the plane of the architrave (111. 145). The figures carved on the keystones are those of Roma on one side of the arch, and of Fortuna on … I47. — THE ARCH OF THE SILVERSMITHS AT ROME. the other. Great solidity is given to the base of the structure by having a simple podium on each side to carry all the columns, instead of a series of pedestals, as in other arches. As a frame for sculpture the arch at Beneventum (111. 146), built 114…

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