Two rows of prostyle columns stood on the front of the temple’s portico . The columns were of the Tuscan order, a derivative of the Doric order consisting of a simple shaft on a base with a simple cap...Two rows of prostyle columns stood on the front of the temple’s portico . The columns were of the Tuscan order, a derivative of the Doric order consisting of a simple shaft on a base with a simple capital . A scale model of the Portonaccio Sanctuary of Minerva suggests that the bases and capitals of its columns were painted with alternating dark- and light-valued hues .
Two rows of prostyle columns stood on the front of the temple’s portico . The columns were of the Tuscan order, a derivative of the Doric order consisting of a simple shaft on a base with a simple cap...Two rows of prostyle columns stood on the front of the temple’s portico . The columns were of the Tuscan order, a derivative of the Doric order consisting of a simple shaft on a base with a simple capital . A scale model of the Portonaccio Sanctuary of Minerva suggests that the bases and capitals of its columns were painted with alternating dark- and light-valued hues .