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 371
in which it was constructed, being aconsiderable advance towards the more modern idea of a play, as dis-tinguished from the stately semi-religious spectacle in which theGreeks delighted. The noblest part of the building is the great wallat the back, an immense mass of masonry 340 ft. in extent and… … View of the Theatre at Orange. footings of the masts that supported the velarium. Nowhere doesthe architecture of the Romans shine so much as when their giganticbuildings are left to tell their own tale by the imposing grandeur oftheir masses. Whenever ornament is attempted, their bad taste…
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