would have been an architectural feat! But there it stood. And three observations should be made. First, it appears that the fixed image was meant to impress. The height and the gold speak of wonder and wealth. Lewis Mumford writes in The City in History: “The new mark of the city is obvious: a change of scale, deliberately meant to awe and overpower the beholder … What we now call monumental architecture is first of all the expression of power … the purpose of this art is to produce respectful terror.”