Young Architect Measuring the Temple of Jupiter Stator, Rome

Young Architect Measuring the Temple of Jupiter Stator, Rome 23/9/3

See what trouble architects and students touring Italy took to measure the buildings they so admired from the past. This drawing is probably not literally correct – the ladder would have to have been very long! Also the real building, being built in the 2nd century AD, is really rather ruined with bits worn away and falling off, but it does give you an idea of what they did. Notice the architect’s long ruler and top hat! He would shout the dimensions to a colleague on the ground who noted them down.