. Pompeii : its life and art . Tepidarium. 4. Caldarium. THE STABIAN BATHS i85 a roundapex ofceiling. Light is admitted, as in the Pantheon at Rome, throughhole in octagonal, hexagonal, and quadrangular panels are rosettes,Cupids, trophies, and bacchic figures. The lunettes are adornedwith fantastic architectural designs, in which we see bacchicfigures standing on pedestals, and Cupids riding on dolphins ;the sides of the two arches supporting the ceiling (one of themis seen in Plate V) are decorated with female figures mountedon dolphins, which run out into arabesques. The frequent sug-gestio
. Pompeii : its life and art . Tepidarium. 4. Caldarium. THE STABIAN BATHS i85 a roundapex ofceiling. Light is admitted, as in the Pantheon at Rome, throughhole in octagonal, hexagonal, and quadrangular panels are rosettes,Cupids, trophies, and bacchic figures. The lunettes are adornedwith fantastic architectural designs, in which we see bacchicfigures standing on pedestals, and Cupids riding on dolphins ;the sides of the two arches supporting the ceiling (one of themis seen in Plate V) are decorated with female figures mountedon dolphins, which run out into arabesques. The frequent sug-gestion of water in these motives is in harmony with the purposeof the room. Even more effective is the decoration of* the small round frigi-darium. thethe domedAt the edgeof the circular bathbasin, lined with whitemarble, is a narrowstrip of marble floor,which is extended intothe four semicircularniches. Wall andniches alike arepainted to representa beautiful garden, Fig. 82. — Stabian Baths: interior of the frigidanum, with a blue sky above(Fig. 82). The eye wanders among trees and shrubs, catching glimpses of birdsoverhead, of statues and vases here and there in the midst ofthe green foliage, and of jets of water falling into circular blue dome is studded with stars. The bather could scarcelyfeel the narrowness of a room, the decoration of which was sosuggestive of expanse and open air. A jet of water fell intothe basin from a small niche in the upper part of the wall; andremains of an overflow pipe are still to be seen. The tepidarium (VII) and caldarium (VIII) were heated bymeans of hollow floors and walls. The former is much thesmaller, as we should have expected from its use as an interme-diate room, in which the bathers would ordinarily not tarry so 186 POMPEII long as in the caldarium. The large bath basin at the east end(indicated on the plan) is unusual; it was seemingly a lateraddition, and was probably made to accommodate those who inthe winter shr
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