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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)

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

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

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.

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

View of the Pnyx. Plan and section plan of the bema, the orator's podium. Plan of the site of the Pnyx.

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

Ruins of ancient building embedded into a residence, next to the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), Athens: Fig. 1: Elevation of the part remaining, which shews that there were not fewer than three arches. Fig. 2: Plan of ditto. Fig. 3: Capitals of the pilasters with the profile of the archivolt; the spandrel, which is a rose, projects equal to the upper facia of the archivolt, as shewn upon the right hand side, where the profile of the archivolt is given; but the projection of the central filet is shewn on the left from the flat surface of the spandrel. Fig. 4: Is the profile of the impost mouldings. Fig. 5: Section through the entablature, which is probably incomplete.Fig. 6: Spandrel with the rose. Fig. 7: Profile in the center between the two capitals of the pilasters, shewing the manner in which the mouldings finish against the background.

Tags: Ancient ruins near the Tower of the Winds, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings

Roman colonnade close to the Choregic monument of Lysicrates: Fig. 1: The base, capital, architrave and frieze. Fig. 2: Profile of the internal face of the architrave.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Greece, Ionic order, Plans and drawings

Roman colonnade close to the Choregic monument of Lysicrates: Fig. 1: Elevation of the columns. Fig.2: Plan of ditto. Fig.3: Plan of the capital. Fig. 4: Flank of the capital. Fig. 5: Section through the front of ditto. Fig. 6: Section through the flank of ditto. Fig.7: The spiral line of the volute, by a larger scale. Fig. 8: The section of the volute and abacus, which, by a mistake, has been put upside down. Fig. 9: Eye of the volute.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Greece, Ionic order, Plans and drawings

Relief found at a church at Marousi, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings

Votive relief found on the wall of a school close to the church of Megali Panagia, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings

Pnyx: Fig. 1.The plan of the remains on the rock [...]. Fig. 2: Plan of the bema, the public speaking platform . Fig. 3. Profile of the bema.

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

View of the Stadium Panathenaicum, taken as standing upon the elevated part of the circular end, which is next to the south, and looking down upon it.

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

Plan of the Roman bridge over Ilissus, with the elevation of it next to the south west.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Bridge of Ilissus, Bridges, Greece, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Relief showing an athlete, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece

Fragment from church in Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: Philopappus is proclaimed consul of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: Philopappus is proclaimed consul of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: Philopappus is proclaimed consul of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: The central part of the basso relievo under the middle niche; Philopappus is proclaimed consul of Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: Fig. 1. The capital and entablature of the curved or principal front. Fig. 2. Section of the capital.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: Fig. 1. The base, capital and architrave of the pilaster, in the back front. Fig. 2. The plan of the capital reversed. Fig. 3. The profile of the capital. Fig. 4. The mouldings of the niches in the curved front.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: The mouldings of the basement, with the base of the Corintihian pilasters.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: A transverse section through the middle of the monument.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Reconstruction of the Monument of Philopappus in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Monument of Philopappus, Athens: Fig. 1: Plan of the basement. Fig. 2: Plan of the part decorated with pilasters and niches.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Monument of Philopappus, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

The monument of Philopappus in Athens. James Stuart, Nicholas Revett, James Dawkins and Robert Wood are studying the monument. The Janissary who escorts them is preparing coffee. A shepherd with his goats. The Saronic gulf in the background.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Goats, Greece, James Dawkins, James Stuart, Monument of Philopappus, Nicholas Revett, Portraits, Robert Wood, Shepherds, Smoking

Aqueduct of Hadrian (Dexameni), Athens: Fig. 1. The capital reversed. Fig. 2. The side of the capital. Fig. 3. The section through the front of the capital. Fig. 4. The section through the side of the capital. Fig. 5. The mouldings of the architrave and of the arch.

Tags: Aqueduct of Hadrian /Dexameni (Athens), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings

Aqueduct of Hadrian (Dexameni), Athens: The base, capital and entablature of this building.

Tags: Aqueduct of Hadrian /Dexameni (Athens), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings

Aqueduct of Hadrian (Dexameni), Athens: The plan, elevation and section of this frontispiece.

Tags: Aqueduct of Hadrian /Dexameni (Athens), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings

Remains of the portico of the reservoir of the Aqueduct of Hadrian (Dexameni) at the foot of Lycabettus hill. Dairy farm belonging to Arvanites. A woman is milking her goat to make kaymak. A man has come on horseback to buy dairy products. A monk of Hagioi Asomatoi monastery is going to town with his donkey which is carrrying olives and wine. Mount Hymettus and Kaisariani monastery in the background.

Ancient marble seat from Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece

Ancient sling pellet and arrows from the bed of ilissus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Weapons

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens: Fig. 1. The capital and base of the Attic square columns on the upper order. Fig. 2. A section through the capital. Fig. 3. The curve of the abacus; of the capital taken upon the listel under the ovolo. Fig. 4. A section of the architrave, and lacunaria, in the soffit of the niches, with the partition between them, which still remains as low as to the bottom of the capitals. Fig. 5. Half the flower upon the apex of the pediment, in its present state.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens: Fig. 1. The capital and base of the half columns in the upper order of the arch, with the entablature they support. Fig 2. Section through the capital. Fig. 3. Curve of the abacus of the capital, taken on its listel.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens: Fig. 1: The front of the capital, and base of the antae that support the arch, with the profile mouldings of the archivolt. Fig. 2: The section through the front of the capital. Fig. 3: Half the lateral face of the capital. Fig: 4. The section of the lateral face of the capital.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens: Fig. 1: Half the front of the pedestals in the lower order. Fig. 2: Half the front of the capital of the antae on the flank of the arch. Fig. 3: A section through the front of the capital. Fig. 4: The plan of half the front face, and half the flank face of the capital.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens: Fig. 1. Capital and base of the antae at each extremity of the arch, with the entablature of the lower order of the building, as seen on each front. Fig. 2. A section through the front face of the capital.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens: Fig. 1. Section through the centre of the arch, and of the niches. Fig. 2. Elevation of one end of the arch, showing the connection of the columns in the second order.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens: Elevation of the fronts facing the south-east.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

Plan of the upper part of the Arch of Hadrian, Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments

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