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Temple of Curiosity
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Steps lead to a platform with seated warriors at the corners, more steps lead to the colonnade surrounding the bottom part of a circular temple. The top of the wall at the rear of the colonnade is surrounded by a frieze. Steps rise over the entablature upon which a tambour supports a dome. Festoons connect bull's eyes in the tambour. A group of figures supporting an eye sphere is shown on a pedestal at the front side of the dome.
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Credit lineTemple of Curiosity. ca. 1790. Etienne-Louis Boullée, French, 1728–1799. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council. CC0.
