varieties of colouredmarbles were used in its decoration. The Capitoline temple is, however, the only example of purelyTuscan type in Rome. From the south a stream of Greek influ-ence flowed with ever-increasing strength, and the earliest result ofthis meeting of styles was the formation of a type… … Fig. 12. Plan of Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. narrow intervals {pycnostyle). In these respects the Greek model isfollowed. On the other hand, the temple is raised on a high podium,and approached only by a flight of steps in front, and it {^prostyle, i. e.it has a portico in front of the cella,…
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