960 PRACTICE or AKCIllTECTUllE.

Book U t
boundeJ the
propor-
tions, as shown in tig.
1053.
Tlie several
Roman
examples se-
lected differ In ar-
rangement,
but not
in iiiinciple,
from the
description given by
Poliphile:
takeaway
the
pedestals on which
Ihe columns
are
placed, and then four
squares in height in-
clude half the tym-
panum, and eighteen
squares the
entire
figure, 6 of which
may be considered as
devoted to the arch,
and the other 12 to
jupports : or, if we
comprise the whole
facade in 20 squares,
and abstract the 8
which belong to the
opening between the
pedestals, we have 4
for each pier or sup-
port, and 4 for the en-
tablature, the supported
being only
^
the quantity contained in the two supports : resistance
to the arch, or its thrust,
requires a different arrangement from that of a portico, but we
nevertheless find definite
proportions made use of, and a double quantity given to masses
wliich have to bear weight
as well as resist thrust.
The Arch
of
Augustus
ut Rhn'mi has the height of its order determined by the length
of the frieze.
The Arch
of
Augustus
at Austa resembles that of Titus in arrangement; it is a perfect
square comprising the
attic.
ARCH OF AUGUSTUS AT RIMINI.
i;Cll OK Al'OUSTl'S, AT AOSTA.