. The life of the Greeks and Romans. ecture which derives its effects more from thegrandeur of massive structure than from the harmonious propor-tions of architectural lines. The capitals are formed by two orthree rows of delicate acanthus-leaves, from between whichappear volutes, flowers, or the forms of men and animals, thericher development of the beams being in harmony with thissplendid style of ornamentation. This order has been mostfrequently applied by the Romans, the greater number of whoseedifices are, indeed, built in the Korinthian style. ATe have metwith it already in the temple of
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. ecture which derives its effects more from thegrandeur of massive structure than from the harmonious propor-tions of architectural lines. The capitals are formed by two orthree rows of delicate acanthus-leaves, from between whichappear volutes, flowers, or the forms of men and animals, thericher development of the beams being in harmony with thissplendid style of ornamentation. This order has been mostfrequently applied by the Romans, the greater number of whoseedifices are, indeed, built in the Korinthian style. ATe have metwith it already in the temple of the Olympian Zeus at Athens,and shall find it again in almost all the monuments we shall haveto mention. One of the finest specimens of the style is thePantheon (see Figs. 342 to 344), a column of which, with thebeam resting on it, is shown in Fig. 328. In later times, the stylebecame overloaded, and by the addition of Ionic volutes the so-called composite capital was arrived at, of which Desgodetz TEMPLE OF THE SIBYL OF TIVOLL 309. Fier. 329. (V., 17) and Cameron ( Baths of the Romans, PL 30) showexamples (compare, also, the triumphal arch of Titus, Fig. 448). 65. The requirements of the old Italian religion led naturallyto the adoption of that more or less modified form of the Greektemple which was most suited to its peculiar rites ; this form wasthe prostylos. The Tuscan temple, the frontage of which con-sisted only of colonnades, so as not to obstruct the view of thesky, was itself a prostylos. At the same time the prostylos could,by means of a simple enlargement, be easily adapted to thedemands of Italian worship. This enlargement was effected byadding one or more rows of columns to the one which in the Greektemple formed the portico of thebuilding. In this manner the frontpart, surrounded only by columns(pars antica, § 61), became of almostequal size with the back part (postica),occupied by the cella. The door ofthe cella, therefore, where the augurused to stand, was ex
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