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ROMAN ARCHITECTURE.
77
GREEK.
In Greece, the order was
not introduced till the later
age, and then appears to
have been used in small
buildings, only such as the
choragic monument of Lysi-
crates and the octagonal
Tower of the Winds at
Athens. The Temple of
Jupiter Olympius at Athens
may be considered a Roman
building. (See page 56.)
The Composite Order
wasneverusedbythe Greeks.
F. Mouldings.—The Greeks
relied for effect on the grace-
ful contour of their mould-
ings, which approach conic
sections in profile. The
mouldings, though often
covered with delicately
carved enrichments, never
lose the idea of grace of out-
line which the decoration
seems but to enhance. Being
executed in a fine grained
marble, it is often so much
undercut as to produce a
lace-like effect. (See Nos. 29
and 31.)
G. Decoration (No. 31).—In
sculpture the Greeks have
never been surpassed,
ROMAN.
often bordering on natural-
ism.
The entablature is over-
ornamented, especially the
architrave, or lower member.
An explanation for this has
been found in the supposition
that the Romans carved in
ornamental patterns what
the Greeks had only painted.
The cornice has carved
consoles, which also tend to
enrich it, and which do not
appear in the few Greek ex-
amples which are left to us.
The Composite Order
was invented by the Romans
by placing the upper por-
tion of the Ionic capital upon
the lower part of the Corin-
thian. In other details the
order follows the Corinthian,
but with additional orna-
mentation.
F. Mouldings. — The Ro-
mans relied on the rich
carvingcut upon their mould-
ings ; ostentation replaces
refinement. In the latest
examples, every member
being carved, a certain rich
picturesqueness of fretted
surfaces is produced in cor-
nices and dressings.
Roman mouldings are
nearly always parts of a circle
in section, while the execu-
tion is often very careless.
(See Nos. 30 and 31.)
G. Decoration (No. 31).—
The Romans did not excel
in either sculpture or paint-
77
GREEK.
In Greece, the order was
not introduced till the later
age, and then appears to
have been used in small
buildings, only such as the
choragic monument of Lysi-
crates and the octagonal
Tower of the Winds at
Athens. The Temple of
Jupiter Olympius at Athens
may be considered a Roman
building. (See page 56.)
The Composite Order
wasneverusedbythe Greeks.
F. Mouldings.—The Greeks
relied for effect on the grace-
ful contour of their mould-
ings, which approach conic
sections in profile. The
mouldings, though often
covered with delicately
carved enrichments, never
lose the idea of grace of out-
line which the decoration
seems but to enhance. Being
executed in a fine grained
marble, it is often so much
undercut as to produce a
lace-like effect. (See Nos. 29
and 31.)
G. Decoration (No. 31).—In
sculpture the Greeks have
never been surpassed,
ROMAN.
often bordering on natural-
ism.
The entablature is over-
ornamented, especially the
architrave, or lower member.
An explanation for this has
been found in the supposition
that the Romans carved in
ornamental patterns what
the Greeks had only painted.
The cornice has carved
consoles, which also tend to
enrich it, and which do not
appear in the few Greek ex-
amples which are left to us.
The Composite Order
was invented by the Romans
by placing the upper por-
tion of the Ionic capital upon
the lower part of the Corin-
thian. In other details the
order follows the Corinthian,
but with additional orna-
mentation.
F. Mouldings. — The Ro-
mans relied on the rich
carvingcut upon their mould-
ings ; ostentation replaces
refinement. In the latest
examples, every member
being carved, a certain rich
picturesqueness of fretted
surfaces is produced in cor-
nices and dressings.
Roman mouldings are
nearly always parts of a circle
in section, while the execu-
tion is often very careless.
(See Nos. 30 and 31.)
G. Decoration (No. 31).—
The Romans did not excel
in either sculpture or paint-