Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 226
. Thecircular temples may have been suggested by the Etruscan tombs, andthe system employed for their roof vaulting does something to strength-en this idea. The simple, rectangular Greek plan they also varied andelaborated by adding and combining other rectangles into largergroups, with the result… … STUDY OF THE ORDERS 177 ing of this area with monumental buildings of every kind, the princijjaltemples seldom attain the development of plan given by the Greeksto their temple structures. The Roman building is almost invariablyseen only from a point directly in front; and this accounts for…
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