The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 97
FIG. 23. STATLE OF VENUS. 72 ROMAN PERIOD. irregularities in the structure which would never havebeen tolerated in the earlier period,—such as, that thecolumns are not equally spaced, that there is an unequalnumber of modillions on the opposite sides, that thecaps are too low, and the shafts of the… … FIG. 24. NYMPH.«UM, NIMES these defects the Maison Carree is a building of whichNimes and France may well be proud. The Nymphaeum or Temple of the Nymphs at Nimes(Fig. 24), with its accompanying fountain, is anothercharming and quite unique structure. The fountain burstsforth in great abundance at…
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