The palette

A warm stone in many shades: cut, smooth and plain red sandstone on the facade, terracotta and bricks inside, light smooth sandstone for the cornices and seats. The many close shades look like old weathered stone; the light cornices draw a line round each storey.

Techniques

• Repeat one bay
• Drawing an oval
• Depth in the facade
• Many shades of one stone
• Storey by storey
• Stairs as seats

The steps

1. Foundations
2. Dig the hypogeum
3. Hypogeum walls
4. Podium
5. Ground storey: outer arches
6. Ground storey: columns
7. Ground storey: cornice
8. Ground storey: inner ring
9. Ground storey: vaults and floor
10. Seats: lower tiers
11. Second storey: outer arches
12. Second storey: columns
13. Second storey: cornice
14. Second storey: inner ring
15. Second storey: vaults and floor
16. Seats: middle tiers
17. Third storey: outer arches
18. Third storey: columns
19. Third storey: cornice
20. Third storey: inner ring
21. Third storey: vaults and floor
22. Seats: upper tiers
23. Attic wall
24. Attic pilasters and brackets
25. Top cornice
26. Grates
27. Arena floor
28. Plaza

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