Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 192
rieze.The three beautiful columns of white marble, each 4 feet4 inches in diameter, deeply fluted, richly ornamentedin the Corinthian style, and painted of a purple colour— * This was a conical fountain, used in the aquatic displays of the Amphitheatre.It consisted of a simple jet issuing from a… … Temple of Vespasian, and Schola Xantha—Rome. the only remains of a building which must evidentlyhave been one of great magnificence—were embeddedin rubbish and refuse to their very capitals, until restoredby the I^rench after their invasion of Rome. The Corinthian portico to the left of the temple…
Architecture, Greek · Architecture, Roman
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