Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . d it much more generally than did their prede-cessors; for, while the Greeks restricted its use substantially to thetemples erected for the worship of their various gods, the Romans didnot hesitate to use the same architectural forms for buildings devotedsolely to pleasure or for the dwellings of their rulers. Plan of Roman Temples. The Romans followed, in their tem-ples, the general form already used in the Greek work, although theyseemed more partial to circular buildings than were the Greeks. Thecircular temple
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . d it much more generally than did their prede-cessors; for, while the Greeks restricted its use substantially to thetemples erected for the worship of their various gods, the Romans didnot hesitate to use the same architectural forms for buildings devotedsolely to pleasure or for the dwellings of their rulers. Plan of Roman Temples. The Romans followed, in their tem-ples, the general form already used in the Greek work, although theyseemed more partial to circular buildings than were the Greeks. Thecircular temples may have been suggested by the Etruscan tombs, andthe system employed for their roof vaulting does something to strength-en this idea. The simple, rectangular Greek plan they also varied andelaborated by adding and combining other rectangles into largergroups, with the result that the Greek simplicity of effect was soonentirely lost. In Rome, on account of the restrictions in location occasioned bythe small area of the city available for the purpose, and the over-crowd- 175. STUDY OF THE ORDERS 177 ing of this area with monumental buildings of every kind, the princijjaltemples seldom attain the development of plan given by the Greeksto their temple structures. The Roman building is almost invariablyseen only from a point directly in front; and this accounts for tliegreater importance given by the Romans to the entrance portico, itsincreased depth and greater number of columns, and the comparativelyslight attention bestowed on the sides and rear of the buikUng. Theplan also, in depth, very seklom attains to the dimensions of the lessrestricted Greek temple plans; and it is important, in estimating the
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