A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 357
k, required as much solidityas the order would admit of to prevent its looking poor and insecure.A Gothic or a Greek architect would certainly have made this distinction.One more step towards the modern style of round temples wastaken before the fall of the Western EmjDire, in the temple… … 193. Restored Elevation of Templeat Tivoli. Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. Bk. IV. Ch. III. TEMPLES. 323 much more pleasing proportion than we find in the Pantheon ; perhaps the very best that has yet been employed. Externally the building is an octagon, surrounded by a low dwarf peristyle, very unlike that…
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