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The new barracks of the bombardiers and miners.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The Sublime Porte of Top Kapi palace in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Istanbul, Ottoman palaces, Palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views

View of Tophana or the Artillery Arsenal at Constantinople.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Imperial armoury / Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Views

The west front of the Acropolis from the summits of the Propylaea.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Views

The remains of the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the southeast angle of the Acropolis and the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon

Athens from the foor of Anchesmus [Lycabettus].

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Human types, Professions, Shepherds, Views

Remains of the Stadium at Delphi, the village of Castri and the Castalian summits of the Parnassus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castalian spring, Central Greece, Delphi, Greece, Human types, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Phocis

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Plan and elevation of the ruins on which part of the church of Megali Panagia was built. 1. Elevation of ancient arcade 2. Plan showing the ruins of ancient structures within the church. 3. Mouldings and impost of the ancient arcade within the church. 4. Section of the architrave supported by the columns and pilaster adjacent to the church. 4. Capital of the pilaster.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Fig. 1. The plan of the capital. Fig. 2. The angular view of the capital.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The capital and entablature of the columns on the front of the building. 2. Section of the capital. 3. Bottom plan of mouldings. 4. Architrave of the interior of the portal and moulding of the abacus of the capital, continued underneath the architrave.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The base of one of the four fluted columns of the portal. Fig. 2. The cornice of the lateral walls and of the exhedrae. Fig. 3. The architrave of the gate-way or entrance before which the portal in the middle of the front is placed. Fig.4. A section of the aforesaid architrave.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The elevation of the portal of Hadrian's Library and the facade to the north of the portal. 2. A section of the front wall with a profile of the portal and the southern pteroma, with one of the columns between the portal and the northern pteroma. 3. Hadrian's Library in Athens: The section of the portal and of the gate-way of entrance before which it is placed. 4. Part of the external face of the lateral wall or flank of this building.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Plan of Hadrian's Library, Athens. The remaning part is shaded in the drawing.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library, seen from the house of Nikolaos Logothetis, consul of Britain in Athens. In the foreground, the soap mills, an Ottoman aga receiving a visitor and an Albanian groom.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Relifs from the Choregic Monument of Lycirates in Athens: The story of Dionysus and the Tyrrhenian pirates.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Reliefs

Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: Fig. 1. The flower on the top of the tholus or cupola. Fig. 2. The plan of the upper surface of the flower. Fig. 3. A perpendicular section of the top of the flower, made through the line A, B, C of the preceding figure.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Plans and drawings

Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: Fig. 1. A quarter of the upper surface of the Tholus or Cupola. Fig. 2. A section of the cupola made on the line CD of the foregoing figure. Fig. 3. A section of part of the cupola on the line EF. Fig. 4. A section of the helix or scrol marked A in Fig. 1, and 2. Fig. 5. represents the remains of the vitruvian scrols.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Plans and drawings

Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: The plan reversed, and the sections of the capital, with the elevation of half the unfinished part of the capital.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Plans and drawings

Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: The external face of the capital, with the entablature, and half one of the tripods.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Plans and drawings, Reliefs

Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: The base of the column with the circular zoccolos or steps which are immediately above the quadrangular basement.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Plans and drawings

Elevation and section of the Choregic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Plans and drawings

Plan of the Choregic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. The preserved part of the monument is shaded in the drawing.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Plans and drawings

The Choregic Monument of Lysicrates seen from the court of the hospice of the Capuchin monastery, where it was situated. A Capuchin monk living at the monastery.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Human types, Priests

Vignettes of chapters IV and V: Ancient coins, inscriptions and reconstructive drawing of the top of the Choregic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Coins, Greece, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Plans and drawings

Reliefs of the eight winds from the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds): 1. ΒΟΡΕΑΣ, Boreas, north wind. 2. ΚΑΙΚΙAΣ, Kaikias, north-east wind 3. ΑΠΗΛΙΩΤΗΣ, Apeliotes, east wind. 4. ΕΥΡΩΣ, Euros, south-east wind 5. ΝΟΤΟΣ, Notos, sοuth wind. 6. ΛΙΨ, Lips, south-west wind. 7. ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ, Zephyros, west wind. 8. ΣΚΙΡΩΝ, Skiron, north-west wind.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Reliefs

Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos) in Athens: Two more of the eight dials. Under the word ΚΑΙΚΙΑΣ, is that on the north-east side; and under the word ΒΟΡΕΑΣ, that on the north side of the tower.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

Three of the eight dials on the Tower of the Winds. Under the word ΝΟΤΟΣ is that on the south side; under ΕΥΡΟΣ is that on the south-east side; and under ΑΠΗΛΙΩΤΗΣ, that on the east side of the Tower.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

The internal mouldings of the Tower of the Winds: Fig. 1. The lower cornice. Fig. 2. The second cornice, enriched with dentels and modilions. Fig. 3. The soffit of the second cornice. Fig. 4. The circular fascia with the inferior part of one of the columns which it supports, likewise the capital and the entablature of those columns. Fig. 5. Explains the manner in which the cabled part of the flutings on those columns are terminated.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens: The capital of one of the antae, with traces of the entablature and the entrance frame. (Drawing based on a small remaining fragment of the capital).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), Athens:

Fig 1. The capital and entablature of the portico before the door. Fig. 2. A fragment of the Dentells belonging to the cornice of the entablature. Fig. 3. The profile of the cornice belonging to the circular projection under the figure of ΝΟΤΟΣ.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

Fig. 1. The external mouldings of the Tower of the Winds. Fig. 2. A section of the uppermost of the three steps which form the basis or stereobata on which the building stands.Fig.3. A quarter of the roof of the Tower of the Winds. Fig. 4. A section of half the aforesaid roof. Fig. 5. The fragment of a capital marked B in the preceeding figure, and which in Plate III of this chapter is, with some restorations made to support the conical Marble and the Triton.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

Elevation and section of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

Plan of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Plans and drawings

The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens. The Acropolis in the background. The person standing at the entrance of the monument with his back turned is Seikh Mustafa, chief of the order of Whirling Dervishes, who used the monument as their tekije (dervish lodge). The image also depicts an woman from affluent family promenading with her daughters and maidservant.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Horses, Houses, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge), Women

Temple of Artemis Agrotera: Capital and base of one of the antae, with the different architraves which were employed in the building. Fig. 1. The architrave within the portico. Fig. 2. The architrave to the pronaos. Fig. 3. Cymatium on the upper fascia of the architrave of the pronaos. Fig. 4. The architrave to the opisthodomos.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens)

Plan, profile and section of angular capital belonging to the Temple of Artemis Agrotera.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens)

1. Base and capital of the columns, entablature of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera at Ilissus river. At the time of Stuart and Revett's investigation, the frieze of the temple had already been destroyed and the relief depicted is a fragment of a relief discovered elsewhere in Athens, whose dimensions fit those of the missing part. 2. Elevation of quarter of a column. 3. Drawing of the flutings of the column.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Reliefs, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens)

1. Elevation of the southern side of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera on Ilissus river. 2. Longitudinal section of the temple.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens)

Elevation of the front of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera at Ilissus river.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens)

The Temple of Artemis Agrotera at Ilissus river.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Greece, Horses, Plans and drawings, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens)

Plan of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera on the southern bank of Ilissus river.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens)

Gate of Athena Archegetis: 1. Capital of the antae, with a section of the entablature. 2. Section of the capital of the antae. 3. Section of the cornice.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Plans and drawings

Drawings of the architrave and column capital of the Gate of Athena Archegetis. Bottom plan of the entablature.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Plans and drawings

Elevation of the façade and side of the Gate of Athena Archegetis in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Plans and drawings

Plan of the Gate of Athena Archegetis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Plans and drawings

The Gate of Athena Archegetis in Athens.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fountains / Springs, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Horses, Houses, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Vignettes of chapters 1, 2 and 5 of Les antiquités d'Athènes by Jame Stuart and Nicholas Revett: ancient coins, inscriptions and architectural features.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Coins, Greece

General view of Athens, charting the main sights and monuments. Salamis, Aegina and the coast of the Peloponnese in the background.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greece, Horses, Human types, Parthenon, Social sphere and everyday life

The village of Potamos on Corfu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Rivers, Views

Zakynthos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Views, Zakynthos

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