Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 273
ding. Itwas, on the other hand, a veryfavourite feature with the Etruscans,from whom the Romans learnt theuse of it. The Tarquins were anEtruscan family who were mastersof Rome in the sixth century B.C.,and it was under these Emperorsthat the great sewer, known as the Cloaca Maxima, wasbuilt, part… … Fig. 303.—Etrusc.in Doorfrom PeruLiii. GREEK AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 253 houses, all of which have perished or have been destroyed,and only a few remains of their walled cities survive. Thegate of Perugia (Fig. 303) is the remains of a characteristicEtruscan building. The arch is seen in perfect…
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