. Architecture, classic and early Christian . ilu. I4(i.—Paki us the Theatre op Marcellds, Home. Showi:)g the coiibisaiios o*Columns and Auched Opesings. ROMAN. 191 of the Forum of Nerva (Fig. 147) may be consulted asillustrations of the combination of an order and an archedopening, and of the use of pedestals and i^.. .;..u.^,^^>^v^^.^.,.,,^^v,..^,^^,.^V\«^ ?« H\V<UV^X \\W\\ \ xV -\ ^•^ VTX^-f^W^ Tig. 147.—From thb Rutns op the Forcm op Nerva, Rome. Showing the u3BOP AN Attic Stoby. With Plan. Another peculiarity, of which we give an illustration fromthe baths of Diocleti
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . ilu. I4(i.—Paki us the Theatre op Marcellds, Home. Showi:)g the coiibisaiios o*Columns and Auched Opesings. ROMAN. 191 of the Forum of Nerva (Fig. 147) may be consulted asillustrations of the combination of an order and an archedopening, and of the use of pedestals and i^.. .;..u.^,^^>^v^^.^.,.,,^^v,..^,^^,.^V\«^ ?« H\V<UV^X \\W\\ \ xV -\ ^•^ VTX^-f^W^ Tig. 147.—From thb Rutns op the Forcm op Nerva, Rome. Showing the u3BOP AN Attic Stoby. With Plan. Another peculiarity, of which we give an illustration fromthe baths of Diocletian (Fig. 148), was the surmounting acolumn or pilaster with a square pillar of stone, mouldedin the same way as an entablature, with the regulardivision into architrave, frieze, and cornice. This was a 192 CLASSIC ARCniTECTURE. decided perversion of theuse of the order; it occursin examples of late also do various otherarrangements for makingan arch spring from thecapital of a column; oneof these, from the palaceof Diocletian at Spalatro,we are able to illustrate(Fig. U9). In conclusion, it may beworth while to say thatthe Roman writers andarchitects recognised fiveorders : the Tuscan, Doric,Ionic, Corinthian, andComposite, the first andlast in this list being,however, really only vari- KALEVIM
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