Pennethorne, John; Robinson, John [Ill.]: The geometry and optics of ancient architecture: illustrated by examples from Thebes, Athens, and Rome (London [u.a.], 1878)

216 ROMAN ARCHITECTURE.

Chapter I. contains—1st. The proportions of the Monument of Lysicrates, compared as a
Greek example of the Corinthian order with the Roman Corinthian.

2nd. The positions in the Roman Forum, with regard to the Sacred Way, of the
Temples of Jupiter Tonans, of Jupiter Stator, and of Antoninus and Faustina,
to ascertain whether these positions were at all considered in the Roman designs
in respect to any fixed points of sight.

3rd. The lineal given proportions of the Porticoes of the Pantheon, and of the Temples
of Jupiter Stator, of Jupiter Tonans, and of Antoninus and Faustina.

4th. The designing of the masses of the Roman Porticoes, to which the calculated
apparent magnitudes, and the curvature of the horizontal lines of Greek Archi-
tecture do not apply.

Chapter II. The designing of the Roman Corinthian Columns.

Chapter III. The designing perspectively of the Roman Corinthian Entablatures, with a few
short notes on the interior Architecture of Rome.

Note.—The dimensions given are all taken from Taylor and Cressy's " Archi-
tectural Antiquities of Rome," published in 1821.