Historic Ornament Treatise On Decorative Art And Architectural Ornament Volum
Historic Ornament Treatise On Decorative Art And Architectural Ornament Volum
James Ward
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C. , and it was under these Emperors that the great sewer, known as the Cloaca Maxima, was built, part of which is still in existence. This work consists of an arched waterway built m three concentric rings of large wedge-shaped stones [youssoirs). The Etruscans constructed temples, palaces, and dwelling- Fig. 303. — Etrusc. In Door from PeruL'iii. GREEK AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 253 houses, all of which have perished or have been destroyed, and only a few remains of their walled cities survive. ...The gate of Perugia (Fig. 303) is the remains of a characteristic Etruscan building. The arch is seen in perfect construc- tion, and the Doric frieze ; above is seen a little Ionic column. Etruscan architecture was mostly a kind of Doric with a round shaft. According to Vitruvius the Etruscan temple consisted of three cells, with one or more rows of columns in front, the distance between the columns, or intercolumniation, being much greater than in Greek temples. Sometimes the temple consisted of a circular cell only and a porch, like the later development of this form in the Roman temple at Tivoli, and the Mausoleum of Hadrian.
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