The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 96
t, and Within the last few years we havelearnt that the vault of the Pantheonwas built ir the time, not of Augustus,but of Hadrian (117—138). Thisdate isof importance in the history of art, forit marks the definite adoption of asystem of construction, the furtherdevelopment of which was to… … the triumphal archesseem to have theirprototypes in the gatesof the Etruscan towns,rather than in thecommemorative monu-ments of the Greekworld. The Romans, following the exampleof the Greeks, made use of the flatroof. But they also constructed greatvaults, and domes like that of the Pan-theon in…
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