. Pompeii : its life and art . the year 6$. ARCHITECTURE 435 Greek forms were replaced by fantastic designs of every sort,worked in stucco. The capitals of columns and pilasters re-tained a semblance of Doric and Corinthian types, but wereadorned with motives from many sources; the variety of formand treatment can best be appreciatedby inspecting the examples shown inour illustrations (Figs. 242, 243, 244). The entablatures no longer retainedthe ancient division of architrave, frieze,and cornice, but were made to representa single broad stripe, sometimes, how-ever, with a projecting cornice; t
. Pompeii : its life and art . the year 6$. ARCHITECTURE 435 Greek forms were replaced by fantastic designs of every sort,worked in stucco. The capitals of columns and pilasters re-tained a semblance of Doric and Corinthian types, but wereadorned with motives from many sources; the variety of formand treatment can best be appreciatedby inspecting the examples shown inour illustrations (Figs. 242, 243, 244). The entablatures no longer retainedthe ancient division of architrave, frieze,and cornice, but were made to representa single broad stripe, sometimes, how-ever, with a projecting cornice; thisstripe was ornamented with stucco re-liefs, and was frequently painted inbright colors. Sometimes the decora-tive theme is taken from a vine, as in the entablature of theportico in front of the temple of Isis (Fig. 75) and that of theperistyle of the house of the Vettii (Fig. 154). In some casesthe stripe is divided into vertical sections ; the broad sections cor-respond with the intercolumniations, the narrow ones with the. Fig. 243. — Capital of pilaster,modified Corinthian type.
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