. A descriptive and historical account of various palaces, and public buildings, English and foreign. respects the Pantheon, notwithstanding the tasteless decorations bestowedby those who prefer gaudiness to simplicity, is a rare instance of architectural vestibule is simple, correct, and grand. The columns which support tiic trian-gular pediment are six feet and a half in diameter; and, as they are of the Corin-thian order, necessarily ascend to the height of sixty-five. A bas relief adorns thepediment, in which the goddess of Liberty is the principal figure ; and, to the creditof t
. A descriptive and historical account of various palaces, and public buildings, English and foreign. respects the Pantheon, notwithstanding the tasteless decorations bestowedby those who prefer gaudiness to simplicity, is a rare instance of architectural vestibule is simple, correct, and grand. The columns which support tiic trian-gular pediment are six feet and a half in diameter; and, as they are of the Corin-thian order, necessarily ascend to the height of sixty-five. A bas relief adorns thepediment, in which the goddess of Liberty is the principal figure ; and, to the creditof the artist, this celestial being is portrayed in the attitude of tender benignity : avulvar or factious imagination, would have described her as the destroyer of tyranny,and have armed her look with vengeance. On either hand of the grand portal areplaced colossal statues on pedestals; and over each statue is seen a bas relief, one ofwhich illustrates the necessity of veneration for the laws, and another describes Inno-cence, projected by Justice. Our engraving (which is after a drawing made on the. ^ •^i^^wMmwmi^^^^m^^^MMm
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