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Hey all,

Check out this Roman temple by Bernd Broich:



Bruce

HA! I love the maxi-fig as a statue, that's great! Geeze, even the cieling is detailed. Great use of color. He also provides a tutorial for how to make the collumns. I like it when folks do that. Truly a master MOC-er.

in His grip, Chris

The action fig thing in the middle is the best use for those I've ever seen.

The detail in this is amazing... namely the roof.

I can't remember the different column types and their different names, but I remember learning about them and these instantly put me in mind of Roman columns. The tops are cool, and the ceiling pattern is neat looking, though I wonder if they used that much color in a temple? I'm no historian so I am simply wondering aloud if anyone has the answer.

My understanding is that they did paint buildings and statues. The reason that we think of these as all white marble is that the paints didn't last 2000 years but the marble remained. However, that is just my understanding from discussions in LEGO forums about building Greek/Roman buildings, and not on any independant knowledge of the subject.

Bruce

Wow, that's impressive. All of a sudden i have the urge to play dominos. It's also good to see that there is at least one place out there where maxi figs are excepted.

This is a very neat MOC. His coloration for the snot ceiling is very beautiful, and his use of the new Jayko maxifig is fitting. Is that Nathan (LOTLego Nathan ) touring Italy? Hehe....

hi everyone,

i'm not a historian yet, but in three months time i probably will be, and i can tell you now that bruce is right about the colours. whenever ceremonies were held, it would even be more decorated with banners and flowers etc. etc. this is also a relatively new discovery amongst historians, that is why this is not yet widely known.

i really like this moc. it gives a sense of awe and greatness. exactely the feeling you should get when you visit a roman temple

This is best use of one those big knights that I have seen yet. Also the temple is very good, the use of color is normally ignored in these MOCs. It looks very good in this one.

Josh

Sheen wrote:I can't remember the different column types and their different names, but I remember learning about them and these instantly put me in mind of Roman columns.

Doric... Ionic... there is one more. I remember learning about them too. I don't remember the differences though and I'm too lazy to look it up online.

This is a good summary, though it's all text with no pictures.
Greek styles - Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Roman styles - Doric, Tuscan

Bruce

Bruce N H wrote:This is a good summary, though it's all text with no pictures.
Greek styles - Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Roman styles - Doric, Tuscan

And the way to remember their order in history (at least the Greek ones) is by the number of syllables in each word:

Doric (2), Ionic (3), Corinthian (4).

Very cool temple. I've never seen so much attention paid to a ceiling in a MOC. Wow.

Roman? Thats one of the 7 Wonders of the World.

Its a GREEK temple in Olypmia that had the giant statue of Zeus.

Look here:
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/zeus.html

JPinoy wrote:Roman? Thats one of the 7 Wonders of the World.

Its a GREEK temple in Olypmia that had the giant statue of Zeus.

Look here:
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/zeus.html

I think its based on that temple but the description clearly says that it is meant to be Roman. The Greek temple was not the only one to have a giant statue and this one isn't even holding a smaller winged statue.

Josh

JoshWedin wrote: I think its based on that temple but the description clearly says that it is meant to be Roman. The Greek temple was not the only one to have a giant statue and this one isn't even holding a smaller winged statue.

Josh

That can be attributed to a lack of parts to execute the design. Besides, he names the statue as Zeus. If it were Roman the deity would've been designated as Jupiter. Call this nit-picking but it's like calling a MOC of Japan's Himeji Castle a "Chinese Fortress".