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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

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

Map of Istanbul and the Bosphorus strait. Plan of Hagia Sophia.

Tags: Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Maps, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of space of worship in the catacombs of Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Catacombs, Egypt, Plans and drawings, Religious practices

Section of Pyramid in Saqqara.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Plans and drawings, Pyramids, Saqqara

Section of the Pyramid of Cheops.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Plans and drawings, Pyramid of Cheops (Giza), Pyramids

Plan of the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Plans and drawings

Corinthian capital from Actia Nicopolis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Epirus, Greece, Nicopolis (Epirus), Plans and drawings

View and plan of the fortress of Aigosthena (Porto Germeno).

Tags: Aigosthena, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Attica, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Fortress of Aigosthena (Porto Germeno), Greece, Plans and drawings

Reconstruction of architectural features based on marble fragments.

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

Plan of the Upper Gallery of Hagia Sophia. Illustration of the stages of Muslim prayer. Byzantine coins.

Tags: Byzantine coins, Coins, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Muslims, Plans and drawings, Turkey

Plan of ancient theatre in Riniasa.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Art and antiquities, Epirus, Plans and drawings, Preveza, Riniasa (Epirus)

Temple of Apollo in Didyma: Fig.I: The Front of the Ionic Capital of a Pilaster, with the upper part of the Shaft. Fig. II: The Profile of the same Capital. Fig. III: A Section through the Front of the Capital. Fig. IV: Another Compartment in the Front of one of these Capitals. (shaded drawing).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Didim / anc. Didyma, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Temple of Apollo in Didyma: Fig.I: The Front of the Ionic Capital of a Pilaster, with the upper part of the Shaft. Fig. II: The Profile of the same Capital. Fig. III: A Section through the Front of the Capital. Fig. IV: Another Compartment in the Front of one of these Capitals.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Didim / anc. Didyma, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Temple of Apollo in Didyma: The Contents of the foregoing Plate shaded, with a Section through the external Architrave of the Dipteros, also its internal Face and that of the Frize annexed. Fig. I: The Plan of the Capital…Fig. II: The Profile of the Capital. Fig. III: A Section through the Profile of the Capital. Fig. IV: A Section through the Front of the Capital. Fig. V: The Architrave of the internal Columns of the Diptero with the Frize, which supported the Lacunaria. Fig. VI: The Contour of the Volute, with as many of its Measures as could be collected.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Didim / anc. Didyma, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Temple of Apollo in Didyma: Fig. I: The Plan of the Capital…Fig. II: The Profile of the Capital. Fig. III: A Section through the Profile of the Capital. Fig. IV: A Section through the Front of the Capital. Fig. V: The Architrave of the internal Columns of the Diptero with the Frize, which supported the Lacunaria. Fig. VI: The Contour of the Volute, with as many of its Measures as could be collected.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Didim / anc. Didyma, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Temple of Apollo in Didyma: Fig. I: The uppermost Step, Base, and lower part of the external Columns of the Dipteros. Fig. II: The Capital and Architrave, with the upper part of the Shaft of the Column.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Didim / anc. Didyma, Ionia, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: The Contents of the preceding Plate shaded. Fig. I: A Cornice found at some distance, to the South East from the Peribolus. Fig. II: A Doric Capital and Entablature.Fig. III: The Projecture of the Triglyph from the Naked of the Frize. (shaded drawing)

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene)

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Fig. I: A Cornice found at some distance, to the South East from the Peribolus. Fig. II: A Doric Capital and Entablature.Fig. III: The Projecture of the Triglyph from the Naked of the Frize.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene)

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Fig. 1: The Entablature of the Temple restored [reconstructed representation], with a Section through the middle, showing its internal face. Fig. 2: The Ornament on the Sima upon a larger Scale… Fig. 3: An Architrave and Cornice, taken from Mr. Wood's measurements of this temple.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Architectural features such as base of column, capital, helix, cymatium and others, (shaded drawing). Fig. I: A square Base, with the lower part of a Column, found near each other, by the South East angle of the Temple. Fig. II: One of the Fronts of a Square Capital, which has four faces, and a Plinth upon the Abacus. A Section through the Stems of the Volutes, in front of the Capital. Fig. III: The Semi-profile of the same Capital. Fig. IV: A Section through the Cymatium of the Architrave. Fig. V: A Fragment of the Lacunaria...Fig. VI: The Cornice, which belonged to the Peristyle within the Peribolus. Fig.VII: A Section through an Architrave, belonging to the same Entablature as the above Cornice did, and found near it, among the ruins at the front of the Peribolus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Architectural features such as base of column, capital, helix, cymatium and others. Fig. I: A square Base, with the lower part of a Column, found near each other, by the South East angle of the Temple. Fig. II: One of the Fronts of a Square Capital, which has four faces, and a Plinth upon the Abacus. A Section through the Stems of the Volutes, in front of the Capital. Fig. III: The Semi-profile of the same Capital. Fig. IV: A Section through the Cymatium of the Architrave. Fig. V: A Fragment of the Lacunaria...Fig. VI: The Cornice, which belonged to the Peristyle within the Peribolus. Fig.VII: A Section through an Architrave, belonging to the same Entablature as the above Cornice did, and found near it, among the ruins at the front of the Peribolus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: The Cornices in the foregoing Plate shaded. Fig. I: The Cornice of the Temple. Fig. II: A Section through the Cornice of the Pediment, with its Front annexed. Fig.III: A Section through the Architrave of the Temple, with its internal Face. Fig. IV: A Section through one of the Transverse Beams which supported the Lacunaria, with one of its Faces.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Fig. I: The Cornice of the Temple. Fig. II: A Section through the Cornice of the Pediment, with its Front annexed. Fig.III: A Section through the Architrave of the Temple, with its internal Face. Fig. IV: A Section through one of the Transverse Beams which supported the Lacunaria, with one of its Faces.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Capital from the temple of Athena Polias in Priene: The Plan, Elevation of the Profile, and Section of the Capital, shaded; Also the Abacus of the Capital and the Section on a larger Scale…Fig. I: The Plan of the Capital…Fig. II: An Elevation of the Profile of the Capital. Fig.III: A Section through the Profile of the Capital. Fig.IV: A Section through the Front of the Capital. Fig. V: The Contour of the Volute… Fig. VI: A Section through the Torus of the Base, in which the Flutings and Profile are distinctly marked.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Capital from the temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Fig. I: The Plan of the Capital…Fig. II: An Elevation of the Profile of the Capital. Fig.III: A Section through the Profile of the Capital. Fig.IV: A Section through the Front of the Capital. Fig. V: The Contour of the Volute… Fig. VI: A Section through the Torus of the Base, in which the Flutings and Profile are distinctly marked.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Fig. I: The uppermost Step and Base, with the lower part of the Shaft of the Column., Fig. II: The Capital and Fasciae of the Architrave, with the upper part of the Shaft of the Column. (shaded drawing).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Temple of Athena Polias in Priene: Fig. I: The uppermost Step and Base, with the lower part of the Shaft of the Column. Fig. II: The Capital and Fasciae of the Architrave, with the upper part of the Shaft of the Column.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Priene, Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Turkey

Temple of Dionysus in Teos: The Contents of the preceding Plate shaded: Fig. Ι: The Cornice of the Temple. Fig. II An Architrave and Frize, of one piece of marble, decorated with a patera and festoons of Laurel, in a Turkish Burying-Ground by a Mosque at Segigeck [Sigacik]. Fig.III: A Section through the Sossit of the Architrave, which has a Compartmen surrounded with an Ovolo laid also flat. Fig. IV: A Pedestal and square Base, of one piece of white marble, near the South Gate at Segizeck [Sigacik].

Tags: Ancient temples, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey

Temple of Dionysus in Teos: Fig. Ι: The Cornice of the Temple. Fig. II An Architrave and Frize, of one piece of marble, decorated with a patera and festoons of Laurel, in a Turkish Burying-Ground by a Mosque at Segigeck [Sigacik]. Fig.III: A Section through the Sossit of the Architrave, which has a Compartmen surrounded with an Ovolo laid also flat. Fig. IV: A Pedestal and square Base, of one piece of white marble, near the South Gate at Segizeck [Sigacik].

Tags: Ancient temples, Asia Minor, Ionia, Plans and drawings, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey

Capital and base of column from the Temple of Dionysus in Teos, with reconstructive drawing of the entablature.

Tags: Ancient temples, Asia Minor, Ionia, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey

Temple of Dionysus in Teos. Fig. I: The Base of the Column, with the lower part of the Shaft. Fig. II: The Capital and Architrave, with the upper part of the Shaft of the Columns.Fig. III, A Section through the front of the Capital and Architrave. Fig. IV: A Section through the Profile of the Capital. Fig. V: The Contour of the Volute.

Tags: Asia Minor, Ionia, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey

Elevation of the Front of the Temple of Dionysus in Teos.

Tags: Ancient temples, Asia Minor, Erythrae (Asia Minor), Ionia, Ionic order, Plans and drawings, Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey

Mnemonic sketch of the geography of Athens.

Tags: Athens, Greece, Maps, Plans and drawings

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