Temple of Vesta

Temple of Vesta

1st century BCE

5600

Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)

Single Built Works

Italy (nation)

Tivoli (inhabited place)

Republican

temples (buildings)

columns (architectural elements)

Corinthian capitals

Detail view of the round Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Italy. "Its form is that of a Greek tholos—a circular peristyle structure, in this case one with eighteen columns of which ten remain in situ. Each column is twenty-four feet high with the building’s diameter measuring forty-eight feet—a 1-2 ratio ... It varies from canonical versions by having its two rows of acanthus leaves closely pressed and heavily detailed. In addition, its abacus is decorated with oversize fleurons in the form of hibiscus flowers with spiral pistils resembling coiled snails. Instead of the more standard curved tops, the column flutes have flat tops. Decorating the entablature frieze are plump fruit swags suspended between intact bucrania or bovine heads. Above each swag is a carved rosette. The cornice is devoid of modillions,"--by Calder Loth, Institute of Classical Classical Architecture & Art website.

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