The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 97
es, dams, and sewers withwhich Rome endowed all partsof her Empire. It will be enoughhereto mention them in passing.A characteristic of the archi-tecture of the Roman period,which gives it a certain affinityto that of Egypt and Assyria, isits tendency to colossal pro-portions, as exemplified in… … FIG. 125.—THE ARCH OF TITUS, ROME. ancc, though it offends our taste,does not lack originality; it was inSyria mainly that the new style waselaborated, which gave birth to By-zantine decorative art. The sculptors of Pergamum andRhodes had exaggerated the elementof pathos. About the year 100 B.C.,…
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