belonging to the Baths of Caracalla. The so-called Temple of Minerva Medica at Rome, which really belongedto the private Baths of Gallienus (a. d. 260-268), a ten-sidedroom with a cupola built upon ribs so as to distribute the thrust,marks a further advance. But although the genius of the Romans… … JLfcjramenfc rfeila Tuscan Doric order of the temple of Jupiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus (after Piranesi). 62 ARCHITECTUEE chap. 11 towards the subtler equilibrium of opposing stresses, and theirartistic handling of space is perhaps unsurpassed, they failed tograsp the true principle of decoration,…
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