Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens: A. The base of the external columns, and of that marked F, in Plate II proving it to have been an external column B. The base of the internal columns, of which the plinth is continued, and form a step entirely round the temple. C. The profile of the astragal at the top of the shafts of the columns drawn by the eye from below. D. Plan of a column, with its flutings. E. Profile of the external face of the external architrave. G. Part of the wall of the peribolus on the South side, shewing the angular buttress. H. Section of the same, shewing its inclination, with a buttress in profile.

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STUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas

Title

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens: A. The base of the external columns, and of that marked F, in Plate II proving it to have been an external column B. The base of the internal columns, of which the plinth is continued, and form a step entirely round the temple. C. The profile of the astragal at the top of the shafts of the columns drawn by the eye from below. D. Plan of a column, with its flutings. E. Profile of the external face of the external architrave. G. Part of the wall of the peribolus on the South side, shewing the angular buttress. H. Section of the same, shewing its inclination, with a buttress in profile.

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A. The base of the external columns, and of that marked F, in Plate II proving it to have been an external column B. The base of the internal coluns, of which the plinth is continued, and form a step entirely round the temple. C. The profile of the astragal at the top of the shafts of the columns drawn by the eye from below. D. Plan of a column, with its flutings. E. Profile of the external face of the external architrave. G. Part of the wall of the peribolus on the South side, shewing the angular buttress. H. Section of the same, shewing its inclination, with a buttress in profile.

Date

1794

Bibliographic Citation

STUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794.

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stuart_209

Table Of Contents

III, 2, ΙΙΙ

Spatial Coverage

Athens

Attica

Greece

Subject

Art and antiquities

Architecture and built environment

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STUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas, “Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens: A. The base of the external columns, and of that marked F, in Plate II proving it to have been an external column B. The base of the internal columns, of which the plinth is continued, and form a step entirely round the temple. C. The profile of the astragal at the top of the shafts of the columns drawn by the eye from below. D. Plan of a column, with its flutings. E. Profile of the external face of the external architrave. G. Part of the wall of the peribolus on the South side, shewing the angular buttress. H. Section of the same, shewing its inclination, with a buttress in profile. ,” travelogues, accessed December 22, 2024, https://english.travelogues.gr/items/show/49251.