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Temple of Kardaki, Corfu: Fig. 1: Transverse section of the temple as it now remains. Fig. 2: Section from east to west. Fig. 3: Section and plan of a Doric capital found in a ruined church within the French lines. It has very much the character of the capital of the pseudodipteral and hexastyle temples at Paestum.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Plans and drawings, Temple of Kardaki (Corfu)

Temple of Kardaki, Corfu: Fig. 1: Section of the capital, half the full size, Fig. 2: Section fo the moulding of the corona, half the full size. Fig, 3: Section of the internal moulding of the architrave, half the full size. Fig. 4 and 5: Elevation and section of an ornament supposed to have been in the frieze of the ambulatory, full size. Fig. 6: Section of the ornament in the true position.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Plans and drawings, Temple of Kardaki (Corfu)

Temple of Kardaki, Corfu. Details of the Order. Fig. 1: Elevation of the capital of the column and a section of the entablature restored from existing fragments, with the exception of the frieze. Fig. 2: Plan of the capital. Fig. 3: Plan of the fluting of the upper diameter, full size. Fig. 4: Shews the construction of the tympanum. Fig. 5: Shews the thickness of the tympanum stones. Fig. 6: Section of the end on one of the terra cotta tiles with which the roof was covered, full size.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Plans and drawings, Temple of Kardaki (Corfu)

Temple of Kardaki, Corfu: Elevation of the front towards the sea.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Plans and drawings, Temple of Kardaki (Corfu)

Plan of the Temple of Kardaki, Corfu. A denotes two wells.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Plans and drawings, Temple of Kardaki (Corfu)

The entasis of various columns. Fig. 1. Entasis of the columns of the North Portico of the Erechtheion. Fig. 2: Entasis of the columns of the East Portico of that Temple. Fig. 3: Entasis of the columns of the Temple of Hephaestus (Thiseion). Fig. 4: Entasis of the columns of the Parthenon. Fig. 5: Section of the capital of the centre anta of the Choragic Monument of Thrasyllus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Erechtheion, Greece, Parthenon, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

The entasis of various columns. Fig. 1. Entasis of the columns of the Portico of the Propylaea at Athens. Fig. 2: Do. Do. of the North Wing of the Propylaea. Fig. 3: Do. Do. of the Temple of Theseus. Fig. 4: Do. Do. of the Temple of Minerva, or Parthenon Fig. 5: Do. Do. Of the Choragic monument of Lysicrates.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Greece, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Doric entablature from the north side of the wall of the Acropolis of Athens: Elevation, section plans and bottom view.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Thiseion), Athens. Details of the Capital of the Opisthodomos: Fig. 1: Elevation of the capital to a scale of two inches to a foot. 2. Section of the same to half the full size. 3. The annulets to the full size.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Thiseion), Athens: Plan of the lacunaria.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Elevations, section plans and plans of funerary monuments from Alinda (today Karpuzlu), Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Funerary monuments, Karpuzlu / anc. Alinda – Alexandria by Latmus, Necropolis of Alinda, Plans and drawings, Turkey

Capitals from Halicarnassus, Teos, and temple of Apollo at Didyma, near Miletus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bodrum / Halicarnassus, Didim / anc. Didyma, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Pilaster capitals from Stratonice and Halicarnassus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bodrum / Halicarnassus, Eskihisar / anc. Stratonice, Turkey

Terracotta antefix, in the possession of Mr. Gropius, at Athens, and marble fragments from Delphi.

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

Marble stele in the possession of Mr. Gropius, Austrian ambassador, at Athens.

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

Ancient Theater of Syracuse. Details: Fig. 1 represents the plan of the steps leading from the diazoma to the cuneus. Fig. 2: Section and elevation of ditto, thus brought together in order to explain more clearly the relative situation of the parts Fig. 3: Section through the podium of the diazoma, with the cornice restored.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Syracuse, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Plans and drawings, Sicily, Southern Italy, Syracuse

Plan of the ancient theater at Syracuse, Sicily.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Syracuse, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Plans and drawings, Sicily, Southern Italy, Syracuse

Ancient theatre of Dodoni: Fig. 1: Plan of the Theatre. Fig. 2: Elevation and section of the lower diazoma; the section in the corner shews more at large the profile of the small detail AA in the elevation. Fig. 3: Elevation and section of the upper diazoma. Fig. 4: Section through the uppermost corridor.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Dodoni, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Dodoni, Epirus, Greece, Plans and drawings

Ancient theatre of Epidaurus: Theatre in the grove of Aesculapius near Epidaurus. Fig. 1: Plan of the diazoma. Fig. 2: Elevation and section of the diazoma and some of the seats above and below it [...] Fig. 3: The coping to the diverging enclosure wall of the coilon, which followed the inclined line of the wall. Fig. 4: Application of a fragment found within the sacred precinct. The parts restored are the plinths, columns and architrave; the cornice and pedimental ornament are of one piece of marble beautifully sculptured in low relief, and now much destroyed. Fig. 5 and 6: Plan and section of a reservoir or fountain, built of fine large blocks of stone covered with a thick and strong cement.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Epidaurus, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Epidaurus, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings

Ancient theatre of Epidaurus: Plan.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Epidaurus, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Epidaurus, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings

Plan of ancient theater.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Plans and drawings

Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus): Reconstruction.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus)

Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus). Details of the front: Subterranean chamber at Mycenae. Details. Fig. 1 is of green marble, and still remains on the spot, immediately outside the avenue leading to the door. Fig. 2. Elevation of ditto, with part of the shaft of the column. Fig. 3. Detail of part of the ornament of the base developed at large. Fig. 4: Small fragment supposed to belong to the capital. Fig. 5: Part of the ornament of the shaft of column developed at large. Fig. 6: Plan of the upper part of the shaft. Fig. 7: Small fragment of white marble. Fig. 8: Small fragment of white marble, in the restoration applied as the parapet of the wall. Fig. 9: Fragment of green marble. Fig. 10: Fragment of red marble. The angle produced by two of the sides, corresponds precisely with the angles formed by the lines of the opening above the entrance, and which coincidence has therefore afforded authority for the introduction in the restored elevation of a basso-relievo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus)

Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus): Section of tholos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus)

Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus): Subterranean chamber at Mycenae. Plan of the subterraneous chamber. Fig. 2 represents the plan of the supercilium or architrave over the door. Fig. 3, shews the plan of the same architrave on the step. Conduit and emissary at Tusculum near Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus)

Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus): Entrance.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Views

Elevation, section and plan of tower of fortress at Argolis (on the route to Tripoli). Section of tower at the Arcadian Gate of ancient Messene. Elevations and plans of two other towers.

Tags: Ancient Messene, Arcadian Gate of ancient Messene, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Fortification tower (Argolis), Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Walls of Messene

Arcadian Gate of ancient Messene: Fig. 1. Plan of the gate. Fig. 2. View of the interior. Fig. 3. and Fig. 4. Elevation and section plan of the niche at the interior. Fig. 5. and Fig. 6. Geisa of the niche. Fig. 7. Plan of tower. Fig. 8. Reconstruction of the interior gate.

Tags: Ancient Messene, Arcadian Gate of ancient Messene, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greece, Messenia, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Walls of Messene

Temple of Apollo at Bassae: The Lacunaria.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Temple of Apollo at Bassae. Corinthian order and other details: Fig. 1: Base of the Corinthian order. Fig. 2: Profile of the torus traced from the original. [...]

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Temple of Apollo at Bassae. Details of the Ionic order of the interior. Fig. 1: Plan of the one of the attached Ionic columns with the various projections of the mouldings of the base. Fig. 2: Elevation of the preceding figures. [...] Fig. 3: Elevation of the front of the lower frustum and base of the Ionic columns. Fig. 4: Section to the fourth of the original size of the torus of the base, by which is shewn the peculiar section of the bottom of the flute. Fig. 5: Plan of three of the flutes at large. Fig. 6: Capital and upper part of the shaft. Fig. 7: Plan of the flutes at large. Fig. 8: Plan of the top of the capital. Fig. 9: Detail of the apothesis, fillet and astragal. Fig. 10: Perpendicular section through the eye of the volutes.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Temple of Apollo at Bassae: Longitudinal section through the posticum and opisthodomus of the temple.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Temple of Apollo at Bassae. Details of the Doric capitals. Fig. 1: Capital of the Doric order of the peristyles to a larger scale. [...] Fig. 3: Annulets to the full size. Fig. 4: In this ouline are shewn the general principles which appear, on most occasions, to have directed the Greeks in the composition of their Doric capitals. Fig. 5: Capital of the pronaos and posticum. Fig. 6: Details of the annulets and necking of the less order to the full size. Fig. 7: Capital of the antae with the architrave of the order of the pronaos.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Temple of Apollo at Bassae: Fig. 1: Section through the frieze and cornice. Fig. 2, 3, 4: represent the section and elevations of the tiles and ante-fixae, which were of marble. [...] Fig. 5: Section of the raking cornice of the pediment. Fig. 6: The ornament of the sima more at large.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Temple of Apollo at Bassae: Plans of the shaft, capital of the column, entablature. Section plan and bottom view of the entablature.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Elevation of the the front of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae (reconstruction).

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

Plan of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

North east view of the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Eagles, Figaleia, Greece, Human types, Mount Ithome, Peloponnese, Snakes, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae), Views

Comparison of peristyles from several Doric temples, showing the corner triglyph of each structure, in reference to the architectural question known as Doric corner conflict. A: From the remains of temple close to Delphi, possibly the Tempe of Athena Pronaia. B: From temple at Heraclea, Asia Minor. C, D: From the temples at Priene. E: From Halicarnassus. F: From the Doric Stoa of the ancient Agora of Athens, as drawn by Stuart G: From Selinunte, Sicily. H: From Paestum I: From Knidus.

Ancient bronze helmets in Corinthian style from Patras.

Tags: Achaia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Helmets, Patras, Peloponnese, Weapons

From the monument of the Bulls on Delos: 1. Plan of column capital with bulls' heads. 2: Triglyph with bulls' heads (reconstruction). 3: Side view of triglyph with bulls' heads. 4: Triglyph from the same monument. 5: Side view of column capital. 6: Reconstruction of the monument's colonnade. 7, 8: Elevation and section of column from the colonnade.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Plans and drawings

Column capital from Persepolis. Coin from Cilicia, showing a bull.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Persepolis, Persia / Iran, Turkey

Fig. 1. The Cave of Heracles on Mount Cynthus, Delos. Fig. 2. Fragment of the leg of Apollo's statue from Delos. Fig. 3. Fragment from relief from Delos. Fig. 4-15. Fragments from Delos. Fig. 16-19. Fragment from Rineia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cave of Heracles (Delos), Cyclades, Delos, Funerary monuments, Greece, Rineia / Rhenea, Stoa of Philip V (Delos)

View of Pnyx Hill from Piraeus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Greece, Natural environment, Pnyx

Pnyx. The ancient place of Parliament of the Athenians.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Greece, Pnyx

Relief with palmettes and lotus at the annulets of the Ionian capitals of Erechtheion, at the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

Α. Etruscan palmette. Β. Ancient Athenian palmette. C. Acroterion from temple on Aegina. D. Palmette from the Parthenon.

Tags: Aegina, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Parthenon

Fig. 1-4: Funerary steles from Athens. Fig. 5. Funerary lekythos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Funerary lekythoi, Funerary steles, Greece

Ancient vase from Athenian tomb.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece

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