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A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 451

An illustration from A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive, 1901, leaf 451 — Indeed, it was not untilafter the conquest of Greece itself that thetemples of the Romans were deeply influencedby those of the Greeks. Certain well-marked769 TEMPLE ditterences were, however, well maintained. TheRoman temple differed from the Greek : 1st, inthe greater depth of its portico ; 2d,… … Temple, Fig. 7: that at Ellora, India. of steps, but on a lofty base or podium, withplinth and cornice of its own. (See Vol. II.,pi. XII.) The Romans, from the earliest to the latesttimes, showed a fondness for the circle in theirtemple plans. In the Temple of Vesta, in theForum Romanum, one of the…

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