Account of the discoveries at Pompeii : communicated to the Society of Antiquaries of London (1777)
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803, Basire, James, 1730-1802, Society of Antiquaries of London · London : Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols · leaf 30
ions of low relief, werefometimes introduced. Their great variety confifled in thecolours, and in the choice and delicacy of the ornaments,in which they difplayed great harmony and tafte. Theirhoufes were fome two, others three ftories high. Plate VI. Interior View of the Chapel of Ifis. A. Covered… … Difcoveries at Pompeii. p C. Temple, covering the (acred well, to which you defcendby fteps. Generally, there is a foul vapour, or moffettc, as it iscalled here, like the damp of mines, which prevents yourgoing down thefe fleps. In the pediment over the dcor of thetemple, in flucco relief, is a…
Architecture, Roman
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