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Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Bottom view of the peristyle and pronaos, together with details of the ceiling.

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

Plan of the Temple of Hephaestus (Thiseion) in Athens. East view of the temple.

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

View of Doric columns. Plan and bottom plan of Doric columns. View of the capital of the column.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Greece

Plan of Doric temple. Elevation of the peristyle. View and section plan of the capital. Elevation of the front.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Greece

View of the Temple of Poseidon, Sounio.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Sounion

View of the Temple of Hephaestus (Thiseion), Athens.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Horses, Human types, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

View of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life

View of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Cannons, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Weapons

Northwest view of Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Greece, Greek mythology, Human types, Mosques, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Southeast view of the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Centauromachy, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Metopes, Parthenon, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Plan of the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Roman monuments, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis), Theatres, Walls

Ruins of Persepolis.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Modes of transport, Persepolis, Persia / Iran, Persians

View of Delos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Horses, Views

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

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)

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