The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 221
of a vestibule and cclla raised upon astylobate and preceded and surrounded wholly or inpart by columns. Among the most beautiful was the octostyle Tem-ple of Jupiter Stator, in the Forum, only three col-umns of which now remain. Its style was Corinthianand peripteral (Greek, winged around), i. e.,… … FlG. 68.—Elevation of the Pantheon at Koine. the columns measured about ten of their own diam-eters, which is held to be the ideal proportion for theCorinthian column. Another temple of the same style, though ofsmaller dimensions and less pretension, was the hexa-style Temple of Jupiter Tonans,…
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