Mimar, sanat eleştirmeni ve arkeolog olan Adolf Boetticher (1842-1901), Blumberg (Barnim)'de doğdu; Berlin'de öğrenim gördü. 1875'den 1877'ye dek Yunanistan'da arkeolojik kazılar yürüttü. Wochenblatt für Architekten und Ingenieure dergisi yayın müdürlüğü, Doğu Prusya Bina ve Anıtlar İdaresi müfettişliği görevlerinde bulundu, 1891'de devlet müfettişliğine terfi ettikten sonra Doğu Prusya Anıtlar Müdürlüğüne atandı. Yayınladığı eserler arasında Doğu Prusya bina ve anıtları hakkında 1892'den 1898'e kadar yayınlanan sekiz ciltlik bir derlemesi var. Boetticher 1862 yılı yaz aylarında üçü de mimar olan Berlin'den G. Ch. Gropius ve Styrsck, Viyana'dan Th. Hansen, arkeolog Fischer, edebiyatçı Schrubring ve profesör Er. Curtius ile Atina'ya gelir.

Atina Akropolisine ilişkin tarihî-arkeolojik bir inceleme olan bu eser metin arası 132 tane eskiz ve 36 tane tablo içermekte. Boetticher'in giriş yazısında belirttiği gibi amacı hem bilimadamları cemaatine hem de geniş okur kitlesine hitap edebilecek, tarihî kayanın üzerindeki anıtlar hakkında kolay kavranabilir bir genel bakış vermekti. Desenleri tamamlayan ve Akropolis'in Roma devrine kadar olan tarihini anlatan metinlerin yazarları şunlardır: Κ. Βoetticher, Er. Curtius, A. Michaelis, V. Koehler, E. Waschsmuth, R. Bohn, L. Julius, W. Deorpfeld, A. Trendelenburg, L. von Sybel, A. Milchhöer ve başkaları. Boetticher kendi yazısında Parthenon tapınağının sütunlarındaki gerilimin, temellerdeki Pire taşının uğramış olduğu kaymadan kaynaklandığını ileri sürüyor! Kendisi Olympia hakkında da buna benzer bir yazıyı, ayrıca Peloponez, Aegina ve Eleusis'e ilişkin gezi yazıları da kaleme alır.

Yazan: İoli Vingopoulou

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  Relief of the Sacrifice of a Pig. A family (parents and three children) advances towards the Goddess Athena, offering a female pig for sacrifice. From the Acropolis Museum (Acr. 581).

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  Plan of the sanctuary of Asclepius at the feet of the Acropolis.

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  Slab from the northern frieze of the Parthenon. Horsemen.

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  Mnesicles' initial plan for the Parthenon.

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  The Propylaea from the west.

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  Reconstruction of the southwestern angle of the Parthenon.

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  Tower of Beulé.

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  Block from the eastern Parthenon frieze. Hephaestus and Athena.

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  Block from the Parthenon frieze.

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  Slab from the northern frieze of the Parthenon. Horsemen.

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  View of the Acropolis from Areopagus.

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  Plan of the Parthenon as a Christian church.

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  The Acropolis in 1670.

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  Plan and section plan of the Acropolis.

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  The cave of Pan.

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  Figures from the Erechtheion frieze.

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  The roof of the Erechtheion.

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  Capital from the Erechtheion.

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  Nike Sandalizousa (Sandalbinder) from the balustrade of the Athena Nike temple.

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  The frieze of the temple of Athena Nike.

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  The frieze of the temple of Athena Nike.

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  Statue of Athena Varvakeios.

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  Block from the western Parthenon frieze. Preparation for Panathenaea procession.

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  Block from the Parthenon frieze. Sacrificial animals. Horsemen.

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  Block from the Parthenon frieze. Athenian officials. Athenian women.

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  Block from the Parthenon frieze. Venerable men (Thallophoroi) carrying olive branches.

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  Moschophoros statue from the Acropolis museum (Acr. 624).

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  Votive relief of Asclepius.

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  Votive relief of Asclepius.

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  Reliefs from the hyposkenion of the Theatre of Dionysus.

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  The throne of the priest of Dionysus.

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  Erechtheion.

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  Plan of Erechtheion in the late 19th century.

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  Ceiling plan of the Temple of Athena Nike.

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  Floor plan of the Temple of Athena Nike.

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  Section of the Propylaea according to Bohn.

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  Agrippa's monument. The ascent to the Propylaea. The Temple of Athena Nike.

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  Reconstruction of the Parthenon.

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  Block from the Parthenon frieze. Preparation for Panathenaea procession.

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  Slab from the eastern frieze of the Parthenon. The “agora of the Gods”: Hermes, Dionysus, Demetra and Ares.

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  Cephissus sculpture from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon.

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  Horse head from the chariot of Selene, from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon.

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  Dione and Aphrodite from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon.

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  Demetra and Kore (Persephone) from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon.

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  Dionysus from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon.

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  Metope from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, depicting the Centauromachy.

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  Metope from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, depicting the Centauromachy.

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  Metope from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, depicting the Centauromachy.

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  Metope from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, depicting the Centauromachy.

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  Metope from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, depicting the Centauromachy.

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  Metope from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, depicting the Centauromachy.

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  The Parthenon in the late 19th century.

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  Section of the opisthodomos of the Parthenon.

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  Reconstruction of the front of the Peisistratid Temple of Athena.

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  Section of a column of the Parthenon.

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  Plan of the Parthenon.

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  The curves of the Parthenon.

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  The crepidoma of the Parthenon.

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  Head of archaic bronze statue.

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  Kore of Euthydicus (Acr. 686).

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  The back of archaic Kore from the Acropolis Museum (Acr. 675).

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  The pediment of the archaic temple. Heracles killing the Lernaean Hydra.

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  Traces of the Pelasgian wall.

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  Reconstruction of the direction of the “Pelasgian wall”.

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  The fountain of Clepsydra.

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  Plan of the Acropolis.

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  Diphrophoroi. The wife of Archon basileus. Archon basileus. Adolescent girl.

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  Northern slope of the Acropolis.

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  Plan of the Peisistratid Temple of Athena and of the Erechtheion.

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  Kore from the Acropolis Museum (Acr. 675).

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  The deposition pit between Erechtheion and the Propylaea. Archaic votive offerings, buried after the destruction of the temples by the Persians in 480 BCE, were discovered in the pit.

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  The Temple of Athena Nike.

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  Southern view of Erechtheion.

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  Northern view of Erechtheion.

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  The Theatre of Dionysus.

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  Seats in the Theatre of Dionysus.

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  Amazon.

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  Title page.

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  Gaul.

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  Giant.

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  Caryatid.

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  Gaul.