Art and antiquities (4900 Subjects)
Erechtheion: Fig. 1. Capital, Base, and Entablature of the Portico. Fig. 2. The Capital and Base of the Antae. Fig. 3. Profile of the moulding under the Corona, with the ornament carved on it. Fig. 4. The same viewed from below, to shew the effect of the flower on the Angle.
Erechtheion: The plan reversed, and the necessary sections of the capitals.
Erechtheion: The elevation of the western front.
Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The capital and base of the columns on the western front, with the mouldings of the basement on which those columns stand. Fig. 2. A section of the basement, &c.
Erechtheion: The plan reversed, and sections of the capital.
The Erechtheion: A section through the vestibule or pronaus; showing the internal face of the western front of the building. 2. A section through the wall of the western front.
The Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The capital and base, &c. of the pilasters of the preceding plate. Fig. 2. A section, showing the profile and projection of the pilasters. Fig. 3. A section of the lower torus of the base on a larger scale. Fig. 4. The ornaments on the mouldings of the basement.
The Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The general form of the window. Fig. 2. One of the knees. Fig. 3. The profile of the architrave and its mouldings. Fig. 4. A perpendicular section through the window-stool, showing the depth of the jamb (a.b.) before the reveel takes place; b. c. the reveel. Fig. 5. A horizontal section through the wall.
The Erechtheion: The elevation of the front adorned with Caryatides.
The Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The head of one of the Caryatides, with the mouldings of the capital and entablature on a longer scale. Fig. 2. The mouldings of the basement.
The Erechtheion: The capital of one of the antae, with a plan and section of the soffit, or ceiling.
The Erechtheion: One of the Caryatides viewed in Front and in Profile.
The Erechtheion: View of the back and of the profile of another of the Caryatides.
Relief showing Dionysiac scene, from the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, which the British Ambassador at Athens, Nikolaos Logothetis took into his residence.
Relief showing Athena and Satyr Marsyas, possibly from Myro's sculpture which was kept at the Acropolis and depicted on the obverse of Athenian coins.
View of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens. The horses of the military commander of Athens grazing at the site of the scene.
Plan of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens.
Relief from the frieze of Choragic monument. Plan of theater. Solar clock from the Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa).
Relief showing a male and female figure holding a tripod, most probably choregic.
View of the Choregic Monument of Thrasyllus (Church of Panagia Spiliotissa). Mount Hymettus in the background; at its feet the church of Agios Georgios Alexandrinos. The domed building on the right is the church of Agia Paraskevi, and between the church and the rock stands the metochion of Agioi Asomatoi monastery. The people gathered are waiting for the priest who is going to perform the service at Panagia Spiliotissa.
Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Fig. I. The ground plan of the grotto, and of the monument placed before it. Fig. II. The plan of the part above the cornice.
Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Elevation of the front.
Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): The capital and entablature.
Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Fig. I. The profile of the part above the cornice. Fig. II. The section of that part through the middle of the steps on which the statue is seated. Fig. III. The base of the taller of the two columns with triangular capitals. Fig. IV. The base of the lesser.
Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Reconstructive drawing of the statue on the top of the monument.
Athenian coins and relief from Hagios Nicolaos Teneas.
The bust of Pericles, from the Townley collection.
View of the Propylaea of the Acropolis from the Temple of Athena Nike.
Plan of the Propylaea of the Acropolis.
The elevation of the Propylaea. The Pinacotheca without wings; and the edifice formerly decorated with paintings.