An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural Disposition and Enrichments;: And on the Remains of the Roman Domestic Edifices Discovered in Great BritainLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 - 179 sidor |
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... statue of the founder , no less than one hundred and twenty feet in height , and that the palace extended by three colonnades a mile in length . In the centre was an immense lake , surrounded with build- ings , having the appearance of ...
... statue of the founder , no less than one hundred and twenty feet in height , and that the palace extended by three colonnades a mile in length . In the centre was an immense lake , surrounded with build- ings , having the appearance of ...
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... was adorned with the finest statues , pictures , marbles , and other rich ornaments ; besides which the citizens here deposited their treasures as in a place of security , under the protection of the Emperor and the Senate of Rome . This 6.
... was adorned with the finest statues , pictures , marbles , and other rich ornaments ; besides which the citizens here deposited their treasures as in a place of security , under the protection of the Emperor and the Senate of Rome . This 6.
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... statues , & c . Juvenal particularly alludes to this ostentatious display in the vestibule of the counsellor Æmilius , where the brazen car on high , Yoked with four steeds abreast , attracts the eye3 . A colonnade surrounded three ...
... statues , & c . Juvenal particularly alludes to this ostentatious display in the vestibule of the counsellor Æmilius , where the brazen car on high , Yoked with four steeds abreast , attracts the eye3 . A colonnade surrounded three ...
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... statues a tinged and moving reflection . The more these curtains spread , the pleasing dye Rides on the beams the more , and courts the eye ; The gaudy colour spreads o'er every thing , — All gay appear , each man a purple king 2 . This ...
... statues a tinged and moving reflection . The more these curtains spread , the pleasing dye Rides on the beams the more , and courts the eye ; The gaudy colour spreads o'er every thing , — All gay appear , each man a purple king 2 . This ...
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... statues with which this part of the house was sometimes adorned , gave it more the appearance of a Forum than of the Atrium of a citizen . The Jus Imaginis , or right of having pic- tures or statues at Rome , was equivalent to the ...
... statues with which this part of the house was sometimes adorned , gave it more the appearance of a Forum than of the Atrium of a citizen . The Jus Imaginis , or right of having pic- tures or statues at Rome , was equivalent to the ...
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An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age: Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age: Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
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