The Builder Vol 88 An Illustrated Weekly Magazine For The Architect Engineer Archaeologist Contructor Sanitary Reformer And Art Love PDF Download

Excerpt from The Builder, Vol. 50: An Illustrated Weekly Magazine for the Architect, Engineer, Archaeologist, Constructor, Sanitary Reformer, and Art-Lover; January to June, 1886 Reference is naturally made to the remark able discovery of the portrait statues of the Vestals, which are of heroic size, with inscribed pedestals, although unfortunately the latter cannot be identified with the statues. One of the best of the wood-cuts shows a portion of one of these statues to a. Sufficiently large scale to enable us to judge of the excellence of the workmanship. Passing reference is made to the sites of the arches of Fabius, the earliest of the triumphal arches, and that of Augustus, and the chapters conclude by reference to the other most recent discoveries in the Forum.* The plan already referred to indicates the singular want of symmetry of the buildings of the Forum, which appear to have been placed in avery haphazard manner, sufficient to show that there never was any preconceived plan for the whole, and that they grew out of the require ments of the times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.