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 ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, 173 brick, have already been referred to in the analysis of Greek archi- tecture (page 108). It is generally admitted that the exteriors of the Temples were treated with color, which must have aided in the general effect. Polygnotus and other great artists were em- ployed for decorative painting upon the temples and other build- ings, part of the Propylaea being known as the Painted Loggia. The early frescoes were probably in the stN'le of the vase painters of that period, while the later, if judged from the provincial imita- tions of Pompeii, must have been grand in style and decora- tive in effect. The Antlicuiioti, or honeysuckle (Nos. 39 J, 42 H, 43 F, 44_A, E, F, n), was the characteristic moiif of much Greek surface ornament, and was also employed on cyma- recta mouldings. floors, rich and good effects were produced, as the Romans were connoisseurs in marbles, which they sought out and imported from all countries. The ox-heads connected with garlands, so fre- quently carved on Roman friezes, are supposed to have originated from the actual skulls and gar- lands hung for decoration on altars at which the beasts them- selves had been slain. A finely worked marble cement was frequently used as a covering to walls and stone columns, and formed a ground on which paint- ings could be safely executed, as at Pompeii. The arabesques which adorned the walls of the Baths of Titus (No. 6g a), in- fluenced largely the fresco deco- ration of the Renaissance period. The Acanthus scroll with con- tinuous stem and spirals adorned with rosettes or grotesques, is specially characteristic (No. 67F). 5, REFERENCE BOOKS, Adam (R.). — '• Ruins of the Palace of Diocletian at Spalatro." 1764. Anderson (W. J.) and Spiers (R. Phene). — "The Architecture of Greece and Rome : A Sketch of its Historic Development." Large 8vo. 1902. Blouet (G. A.). — " Restauration des Thermes Caracalla a Rome." Folio. Paris, 1828. Cameron (C). — " Description of the Baths of the Romans." 1772. Canina (L.). — " Gli Edifizj di Roma Antica." 6 vols. 1848-56. Caristie (A.). — "Monuments antiques a Orange, arc de triomphe et theatre." Folio. Paris, 1856. Choisy (A.). — "L'Art de Batir chez les Romains." Folio. Paris, 1873. D'Amelio (P.). — " Dipinti Murali Scelte di Pompei." Folio. Naples. Dennis (G.). — "The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria." 2 vols. 1878. Durm (J.). — " Die Baukunst der Etrusker und Roemer " (" Handbuch der Architektur "). 4to. Darmstadt, 1885. Dutert (F.)— "Le Forum Romain et les Forums de Jules Caesar, d'Auguste, de Vespasian, de Nerva, et de Traja." Folio. Paris, 1876. Gell (Sir W.) andGandy (J. P.). — "Pompeiana." 3 vols., 8vo. 1819-32. Gusman. — " La Villa Imperiale de Tibur." 4to. Paris. Isabelle (C. E.).— "Les Edifices Circulaires." Folio. Paris, 1855. Jackson (T. G.)— " Dalmatia, the Quarnero,and Istria." 8vo. 1887 Lanciani (R.). — "Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. 8vo.Boston, 1888.