Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . rawn out to a large size in Plate XXXVII. The north porchof this building is further shown in Plate XLIV and Fig. 68. PLATE J An order plate showing the Greek Corinthian column and en-tablature after the fashion shown in Plate XLVII, is the ninthexamination plate required. This plate may be enlarged andcopied by the student within the outline size of 12 by 16| inches. PLATE K The student is to draw out the Corinthian and Doric columnsand entablatures from the Tholos at Epidauros shown in PlatesXLVIII and L, showin
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . rawn out to a large size in Plate XXXVII. The north porchof this building is further shown in Plate XLIV and Fig. 68. PLATE J An order plate showing the Greek Corinthian column and en-tablature after the fashion shown in Plate XLVII, is the ninthexamination plate required. This plate may be enlarged andcopied by the student within the outline size of 12 by 16| inches. PLATE K The student is to draw out the Corinthian and Doric columnsand entablatures from the Tholos at Epidauros shown in PlatesXLVIII and L, showing the columns at their full height, and in-eluding on some part of the drawing the three sections of orna-ment shown at the bottom of Plate L. Sections of the twoentablatures should be included. PLATE L The Greek Doorway for the Erechtheum, shown in Fig. 84,is to be drawn on a plate 12 by 16i inches in size, and to includein the door opening the details shown in Fig. 83 at double thesize there drawn. These details are to be inserted in place of thewindow shown in Fig. 84. 163. ROMAN CONSTRUCTION. STUDY OF THE ORDERS PART III. ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROHANS Origin of Roman Architecture. While the architecture of Egypt,as well as that of other early civilizations, probably contributed towardthe style that was eventually produced and defined by the Greek art-ists, the Romans, by their conquest of Greece, at once acquired a uni-fied and perfected architecture at almost the full height of its develjp-ment. Not only were the buildings and architectural forms themselvesperfected, but they were then being produced by the designers, archi-tects, and artists who, as members of the subjugated nation, becamethe subjects of the more powerful race. Thus the Romans became possessed of a perfected, if exotic,architecture; and we cannot therefore be surprised to find that theearly Roman buildings were often Greek, in both their design andworkmanship. This architectural style, although soon permanen
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