. Pompeii : its life and art . sents an odd mixture of styles, of,which other examples also are found at Pompeii; a Doric en-,tablature with triglyphs was placed upon Ionic columns havingthe four-sided capital known as Roman Ionic. Here, as in theearlier colonnade about the Forum, the stone blocks of theentablature were set upon beams ; and in the blocks still inplace we may see the sockets made to receive the ends of thejoists of the second story floor. Evidently with the purpose ofsupporting this second story, which was probably of the Co-rinthian order, the Ionic columns below were made rel
. Pompeii : its life and art . sents an odd mixture of styles, of,which other examples also are found at Pompeii; a Doric en-,tablature with triglyphs was placed upon Ionic columns havingthe four-sided capital known as Roman Ionic. Here, as in theearlier colonnade about the Forum, the stone blocks of theentablature were set upon beams ; and in the blocks still inplace we may see the sockets made to receive the ends of thejoists of the second story floor. Evidently with the purpose ofsupporting this second story, which was probably of the Co-rinthian order, the Ionic columns below were made relatively, THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO 83 short. No remains of an upper gallery, however, have beenfound; and it is quite possible that when the colonnade wasrestored, after the earthquake, the second story was upper floor could be reached from the second story ofthe small colonnade north of the court, which was accessibleby means of a stairway leading from the Forum. When the restoration of the temple and its colonnade was. Fi£ View of the temple of Apollo, looking toward Vesuvius. At the left of the steps, the column on which was the sundial; in front of the steps, the altar. undertaken, the feeling for the pure and simple forms of theGreek architecture was no longer present; the prevailing tastedemanded gay and fantastic designs, with the use of brilliantcolors. The Pompeians improved the opportunity afforded by I the rebuilding to make the temple and its colonnade conformto the taste of the times. First the projecting portions of the Ionic and Corinthian col- jumns were cut off; then shaft and capital alike were coveredwith a thick layer of stucco. New capitals were moulded in J the stucco, of a shape in general resembling the Corinthian, I and were painted in red, blue, and yellow; the lower part of 84 POMPEII the shaft, unfluted, was also painted yellow. The entablature,at least in the case of the colonnade, was in like manner coveredwith stucco and ornamented with re
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