The Parthenon; an essay on the mode by which light was introduced into Greek and Roman temples (1883)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 62
not joined together by an atticexternally, occupying the whole of the centre of the temple. My own impressionis that this was the case. A long straight roof between the two tower-like formswould not be pleasing, but the attic, as at Baalbec, would, I believe, be a morepleasing variety to the usual… … 22.—Half Section of Interior and Half Elevation of Temple of Venus and Rome. study to produce an agreeable form than I care at present to bestow upon it, andit involves more theory than the separate hypaethra shown in the drawing. Comparing this temple with that of Jupiter Olympius, finished by the…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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