. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Plate 87. POMPEII : HOUSE OF THE FRESCOES (See p. 297) THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIREFor temple architecture, although the Romans had adoptedthe forms of Greek art they had wholly deserted the spirit ofaustere self-restraint upon which that art had rested. Thusthey readily adopted the luxuriance of the East when it cameto hand. In the splendid ruins of Heliopolis (Baalbek) and. Hadrians Tomb; restored Palmyra we see a riotous luxuriance of ornament which wouldhave shocked the religious sense of Ictinus, but which
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Plate 87. POMPEII : HOUSE OF THE FRESCOES (See p. 297) THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIREFor temple architecture, although the Romans had adoptedthe forms of Greek art they had wholly deserted the spirit ofaustere self-restraint upon which that art had rested. Thusthey readily adopted the luxuriance of the East when it cameto hand. In the splendid ruins of Heliopolis (Baalbek) and. Hadrians Tomb; restored Palmyra we see a riotous luxuriance of ornament which wouldhave shocked the religious sense of Ictinus, but which fitlyenshrined the ritual and mysteries of the Sungod. This crazefor the colossal would have made the reverential Greekstremble in fear of provoking the Nemesis of a jealous Heaven,but in its ruins it has left us superb and awful reminders of theriches and grandeur of its authors, and of the end of all richesand grandeur. In domestic building the Romans had almost as littleregard as the Greeks for the exterior elevation of their villasand palaces. The Roman gentleman still made it his favouritehobby to collect villas, and Pliny had almost as many asCicero. But the main idea of the villa was comfort, and the 29$ THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME main idea of Roman comfort was coolness, quiet, and beauti-ful scenery. Thus the wealthy mans house consisted of aseries of marble courts and cloisters spread over the groundregardless of space. Landscape and landsc
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