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POMPEII
The Corinthian capital appears in the usual forms, but the
projecting parts are shallow, on account of the lack of resisting
qualities in the stone. The best examples are the capitals of the
columns and pilasters of the exedra in the house of the Faun.
The workmanship here is fine, the realistic treatment of the
acanthus leaves being especially noteworthy. An interesting
series of variations from the normal type is seen in the capitals
of the pilasters at house entrances ; we have already met with
a striking example of this series, ornamented with projecting
busts of human figures (Fig. 171). The design is often so fantas-
Fig. 241.—Altar in the court of the temple of Zeus Milichius.
tic that the essential character of the Corinthian capital seems
entirely lost sight of.
The entablatures of the temples built in the Tufa Period, as
of those erected in later times, have all perished. The entabla-
tures of the colonnades, however, are at least in part well pre-
served in a number of instances, and are of two types, the
Doric, characterized by the use of triglyphs, and the Ionic, dis-
tinguished by the dentils of the cornice.
Both types are found also in the wall decoration, the first
rarely, the second very frequently. On the altar of the temple
of Zeus Milichius, which is of tufa coated with stucco, the Doric
entablature appears in association with the characteristic dec-
oration of the first style, the imitation of large blocks of marble ;
on the top are terminal volutes of Ionic origin, as generally
POMPEII
The Corinthian capital appears in the usual forms, but the
projecting parts are shallow, on account of the lack of resisting
qualities in the stone. The best examples are the capitals of the
columns and pilasters of the exedra in the house of the Faun.
The workmanship here is fine, the realistic treatment of the
acanthus leaves being especially noteworthy. An interesting
series of variations from the normal type is seen in the capitals
of the pilasters at house entrances ; we have already met with
a striking example of this series, ornamented with projecting
busts of human figures (Fig. 171). The design is often so fantas-
Fig. 241.—Altar in the court of the temple of Zeus Milichius.
tic that the essential character of the Corinthian capital seems
entirely lost sight of.
The entablatures of the temples built in the Tufa Period, as
of those erected in later times, have all perished. The entabla-
tures of the colonnades, however, are at least in part well pre-
served in a number of instances, and are of two types, the
Doric, characterized by the use of triglyphs, and the Ionic, dis-
tinguished by the dentils of the cornice.
Both types are found also in the wall decoration, the first
rarely, the second very frequently. On the altar of the temple
of Zeus Milichius, which is of tufa coated with stucco, the Doric
entablature appears in association with the characteristic dec-
oration of the first style, the imitation of large blocks of marble ;
on the top are terminal volutes of Ionic origin, as generally