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Relief from the medieval town of Rhodes. Ancient coins from Rhodes. Coins of the Knights Hospitaller era.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Coats of arms – Emblems, Coins, Dodecanese, Greece, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes

Coats of arms from the medieval town of Rhodes. The band which separates the upper from the lower frescoes in the church of Hagios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes. Niches from the church of Saint John in the medieval town of Rhodes, which housed the statues of the Apostles, according to the author.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Church of Saint John – Collachio (Rhodes), Churches, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Filerimos, Greece, Hagios Georgios Hostos (Filerimos in Rhodes), Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes

Frescoes from the Church of Agios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes. The Passion of Christ. Sculls in armour and coats of arms of the Knights Hospitaller. Death prevails over a knight.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Churches, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Filerimos, Frescoes, Frescoes of Agios Georgios Chostos (Rhodes), Greece, Hagios Georgios Hostos (Filerimos in Rhodes), Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Rhodes

Frescoes from the Church of Agios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes. The Passion of Christ.
Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb. Pilgrim with his patron saint. Saint Michael kills the demon as the latter is trying to tip over the scales with the good and bad actions of a young knight who is kneeling before Saint Michael. A fountain with a snake and two pigeons, probably an allegory of “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16).

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Churches, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Filerimos, Frescoes, Frescoes of Agios Georgios Chostos (Rhodes), Greece, Hagios Georgios Hostos (Filerimos in Rhodes), Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Rhodes

Frescoes from the church of Agios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes.Scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. Members of the Knights Hospitaller order and children praying.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Churches, Dodecanese, Filerimos, Frescoes, Greece, Hagios Georgios Hostos (Filerimos in Rhodes), Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Rhodes

Frescoes from the church of Agios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes. Scenes from the life of Virgin Mary. Members of the Knights Hospitaller order with their patron saints.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Churches, Dodecanese, Filerimos, Frescoes, Greece, Hagios Georgios Hostos (Filerimos in Rhodes), Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Rhodes

Frescoes from the church of Agios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes. Two women saints intercede in favour of Grand Master Hélion de Villeneuve. Saint Michael kills the dragon. Cross of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller. Saint George kills the dragon.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Dodecanese, Filerimos, Frescoes, Greece, Hagios Georgios Hostos (Filerimos in Rhodes), Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Rhodes

Coats of arms of Philip of Burgundy, who built the fortress of Saint Nicholas, of Grand Master Piero Raimondo Zacosta (Pere Ramon Sacosta) and his engineer, from the fortress of Saint Nicholas. Relief of saint Nicholas from the same fortress. Inscription from the garden of Auvergne: “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers” (Psalms 1:1). Ancient statues at the entrance to the garden of Auvergne.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Church of Saint Catherine (Rhodes), Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller, Greece, Inscriptions, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Piero Raimondo Zacosta, Rhodes, Roger du Pin

Reconstruction of the Roman aqueduct of Rhodes at Rodini.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Dodecanese, Greece, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Rhodes, Rodini (Rhodes), Roman monuments, Views

Relief of angel and coat of arms of Grand Master Émery d'Amboise, from D'Amboise Gate. Ottoman inscription from the same gate (“There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God."). Relief of Virgin with infant and coat of arms of Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson, discovered in the Jewish quarter and kept at the Franciscan monastery in Rhodes. Coat of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the medieval town. Latin inscription «In convertendo inimicum meum retrorsum infirmabuntur et peribunt a facie tua» (Psalms 9:3 “When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence”), referring to the siege of Rhodes by the Ottomans.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Coats of arms – Emblems, D'Amboise Gate (Rhodes), Dodecanese, Emery d'Amboise, Greece, Icons, Inscriptions, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Pierre d'Aubusson, Reliefs, Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes (reconstruction).

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Colossus of Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Ports, Rhodes

1. - 7. Fragments from columns from Delos: Bottom view, elevation, plan and section plan of columns. Elevation of Corinthian capital. 8. Bottom view of Corinthian capital from Rome. 9. - 10. Elevations of Corinthian capitals from Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Rome

1. - 6. Elevations of ancient temples. 7. - 10. Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), Athens: Plan of the ceiling. Elevation, section plan and plan of the monument. 11. - 12. Elevation and section plan of the Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Athens. 13. - 16. Plan of tholos and elevations of Roman temples of this style.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome

Arch of Hadrian, Athens: 1. Bottom view of the south pylon. 2. Bottom view of the north columns of the lower level. 3. Elevation of the west side of the Arch. 4. - 5. Elevation of part of the entablature of the lower and upper levels.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Corinthian order, Greece, Hadrian, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors

Plan of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. Elevation of the base of the columns.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Corinthian order, Greece, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens)

1. - 4. Hadrian's Library, Athens: plan of the west side of the monument. Elevation of the west side. Elevation of entablature. Bottom view and details of the ceiling. 5. Plan of the site of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Corinthian order, Greece, Hadrian, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Roman monuments

Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia: 1. Longitudinal elevation. 2. Crypidoma, stylobate and base of the column. 3. Elevation of capital and entablature. 4. Bottom view of column and details of the ceiling.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Croatia, Pula / anc. Polai, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Plans of the Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia. Elevation of the front.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Croatia, Inscriptions, Pula / anc. Polai, Reliefs, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Doric monuments of Rome: 1. and 2. Column and capital of column from the peristyle of Saint Peter's Basilica. 3. and 4. Column, capital and entablature of the theater of Marcellus.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Marcellus (Rome), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Basilica of Saint Peter (Rome), Churches, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Italy, Rome, Theatres

Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta), Athens: Elevation of the monument. Elevation of the capitals and the entablature.

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

Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth: Plan of the temple (disoriented drawing), the colonnade of the opisthodomos, and view of the capital of the column.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Doric order, Greece, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)

The Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Donkeys, Houses, Human types, Inscriptions, Nobility, Pula / anc. Polai, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula), Women

Landscape at Sparta.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Laconia, Natural environment, Ruins, Sparta, Women

The remains of the Roman theater at Sparta.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Sparta, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Laconia, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Sparta, Theatres

Imaginary representation of the Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth.

Tags: Ancient Corinth, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Mosques, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)

Bridge over Ilissus river, Athens. In the background the site of the Panathenaic Stadium.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Bridge of Ilissus, Bridges, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Panathenaic Stadium, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, Stadiums, Women

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens. In the background the Temple of Olympia Zeus.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Greece, Hadrian, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Social sphere and everyday life

The Monument of Philopappus, Athens

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Reliefs, Social sphere and everyday life

The Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta), Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Houses, Human types, Inscriptions, Roman Agora of Athens, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Houses, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life

The Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life

Section plan of the Choregic monument of Lysicrates.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece

View of the Choregic monument of Lysicrates.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Corinthian order, Greece, Inscriptions

Choregic monument of Lysicrates: 1. Plan of the base. 2. Plan of the ceiling.

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

The Caryatides, Erechtheion: 1. South view. 2. Entablature at the corner. 3. Crepidoma and base of the column. 4. Bottom view of the ceiling.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order

1 and 2. View of capital and base of capital from Erechtheion, Athens. 3 and 4. Views of bases of columns from Erechtheion. 5. Ionian capital from Eleusis. 6 and 7. Capital and base of capital from the Theater of Marcellus, Rome. 7 and 9. Capital and base of the capital from the Temple of Portunus, Rome.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Ancient theatre of Marcellus (Rome), Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Capitals (architecture), Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order, Italy, Roman art, Roman theatres, Rome, Temple of Portunus / Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Rome), Theatres

Erechtheion: 1. View of Ionic capital. 2 and 3. Section plans of the helix of Ionic capital. 4. Section plan of the capital. 5. Side view of Ionian capital. 6. Bottom view of Ionian capital. 7. Bottom view of Ionian capital at the corner.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Capitals (architecture), Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order

West view of Erechtheion.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Columns / Pillars, Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order

Plan of Erechtheion. View of the east side of the Temple.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Columns / Pillars, Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order, Plans and drawings

Reconstruction of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Propylaea of the Acropolis

Longitudinal section of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens (from east to west). Imaginary reconstruction of the Monument of Agrippa.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greece, Monument of Agrippa, Propylaea of the Acropolis

Plan of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Doric order, Greece, Plans and drawings, Propylaea of the Acropolis

Architectural features from the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Parthenon

Part of the south side of the Parthenon. On the metopes scenes from Centauromachy. Interestingly, the author adds to this side a pediment as well.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Centauromachy, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greece, Metopes, Mythology, Parthenon

The Parthenon: 1. Part of the east side of the temple. 2. Longitudinal section of part of the pronaos.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Centauromachy, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greece, Metopes, Mythology, Parthenon

The Parthenon: 1. Plan of the temple. 2. West side of the temple. On the pediment the battle of Athena with Poseidon. On the metopes the Centauromachy. In fact, the Centauromachy is on the south side of the temple and not in the west, as the author suggests.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athena, Athens, Attica, Centauromachy, Greece, Metopes, Mythology, Parthenon, Pediments, Pediments of the Parthenon, Plans and drawings

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: 1. Elevation of the east side of the temple. On the metopes the Twelve Labours of Heracles. 2. Section plan of the metopes and the friezes of the temple. 3. The east (the battle of Theseus and the Pallantides) and west frieze (Centauromachy) of the temple.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Battle of Theseus and the Pallantides, Centauromachy, Frieze of the temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Greece, Greek mythology, Labours of Heracles, Labours of Theseus, Metopes, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

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