The student is to draw out at the size of 12 by 1611 inches the main doorway of the Pantheon, shown in Plate LVIII. He may omit the metal doors, pilasters, and transom work shown on this plate, in order to increase the size of his doorway. The section through the entablature may then be shown inside of the door opening.
The student is to draw inside the border outlines of 12 by 16/ inches the following examples of Roman Classic ornament: In the upper left-hand quarter of his paper, he is to draw the entablature from the Temple Antoninus and Faustina; and in the upper right-hand corner, the entablature from the Temple of the Sun, both shown in Plate LIV. In the lower left-hand corner, he is to draw the entablature from the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, and in the lower right-hand corner, the Corinthian capital and base the same temple shown in the same drawing (Fig. 130).
The three entablatures are to be all of the same height; and the capital and base, from the column of the Temple of Vesta, of a size best adapted to fill the remaining space.
This problem is to consist of three drawings; but they are not required to be elaborately finished. In Plate LI is shown a method of constructing a Roman Ionic Order; and in Plate LV is shown a similar method of constructing the Corinthian and Com posite Orders. The student is to make three drawings, each with a border outline size of 12 by 10i inches, employing this method of construction and carrying it to a point that will sufficiently show his acquaintance with its employment. The carving, it is necessary only to block in; and these three plates may be left in pencil instead of being inked in.
The object of this examination problem is to- familiarize the student with these methods of proportioning, which are simpler and more readily comprehended and remembered than the more elaborate "modules" and "parts" systems.
The student is required to draw freehand the following sketches, utilizing the information he has obtained from the Plates included in the foregoing section, and is to be particular to ren der the drawings so as to indicate a clear understanding of their proportions and of the character of the carving and ornament.
These sketches are to be laid out in perspective as described in the foregoing section on that subject; and are to appear when complete, as the model given in Fig. 110. A quarter-sheet of the same paper used for the other examination plates may be employed for these sketches.
These perspective studies are to be made by the student at the time when he is studying the separate Orders; and they should all three be carefully studied together,_ when the last one is com pleted.
A sketch of the Roman Doric Order shown in perspective similar to Fig. 110. The outline size is to be 81 by 12 inches.
A sketch, in perspective, of the Roman Ionic Order, using any one of the styles shown in the foregoing section, and ar ranged in the same manner and at the same size as in the preced ing Plate (L), using Fig. 110 as a model.
A sketch of a Roman Corinthian Order, employing any of the types shown and arranged in the same manner and at the same size as Plates L and M, above.