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 236
URE. 233 dure embellishes the scene. The silence is profound andmotionless ; whether at night when the moonbeams toucheach gray stone with a silver glory, or at sunset when thesinking orb of day lights up the picture with a thousandradiant gleams. In the works of modern architects theeye is… … Theatre at Segeste. rounding landscape is not only dignified by the temple,but reflects dignity upon it. The ancients were wise intheir generation. They availed themselves of externalnature as one of the elements of the beautiful in their 234 THE MODERN GIRGENTI. public buildings; and so disposed…
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