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Title/Description
Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad (Dur-Sharrukin)
Original Caption
Assyrian Art.
Palace at Khorsabad.
Built abt. 710 B.C. by King Sargon
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 713-706 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Palace of Sennacherib at Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
Original Caption
Assyrian Art.
Decoration of a gate. Kouyunjik.
View Description
: decorated gateway (restoration drawing)
Date
ca. 704-681 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Palace of Sennacherib at Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
Original Caption
Assyrian Art.
Palace of Kouyunjik, near Mosul, on the upper Tigris. Built by Sennacherib (702-680 B.C.)
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 704-681 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Palace of Darius I, Persepolis
Original Caption
Persian Art.
Plan of the ruins at Persepolis.
View Description
: site plan
Date
ca. 518-460 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Tomb of Darius II Nothus
Original Caption
Persian Art.
Rock-cut facade of the Tomb of Darius near Murghab.
View Description
: rock-cut facade
Date
ca. 423-404 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Double-bull capitals and columns from the Apadana (Audience Hall), Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis
Original Caption
Persian Art.
Columns from the Hall of Xerxes at Persepolis.
Date
ca. 518-460 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
“Bent Pyramid” of Sneferu (Snofru) at Dahshur
Original Caption
Egyptian Art
Pyramid of Dashoor. Irregular construction. Length and breadth at base abt. 200 metres.
Date
ca. 2613-2589 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Khons, Karnak
Original Caption
Egyptian Art
Temple of Chensu at Karnak (Hypaethral court). Built by Rhamses III.
View Description
: interior view, hypaethral court of Ramses III
Date
ca. 1198 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Khons, Karnak
Original Caption
Egyptian Art
Temple of Chensu at Karnak. (Longitudinal section and plan)
View Description
: longitudinal section and plan
Date
ca. 1198 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Khons, Karnak
Original Caption
Egyptian Art
Temple of Karnak. Hall of Columns.
View Description
: section of hypostyle hall
Date
ca. 1198 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Rock-cut tomb at Beni Hasan
Original Caption
Egyptian Art
Facade of the rock-cut tomb at Beni-Hasan.
(Middle Egypt.)
View Description
: exterior, entrance
Date
ca. 1991-1785 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Lotus bud capital; detail from rock-cut tomb at Beni Hasan
Original Caption
Capital at Beni-Hassan.
Date
ca. 1991-1785 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Great Temple of Amon, Karnak
Original Caption
Temple of Ammon at Karnak. Plan. Begun by Sethos I, and continued by his successors.
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 1312-1235 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Pylon Temple of Horus at Edfu
Original Caption
Egyptian Art.
Facade of the temple at Edfou.
Time of the Ptolemies.
View Description
: facade
Date
ca. 237-212 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Pylon Temple of Horus at Edfu
Original Caption
Egyptian Art.
Temple at Edfou. Plan.
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 237-212 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Pylon Temple of Horus at Edfu
Original Caption
Egyptian Art.
Temple at Edfou. Transverse section.
View Description
: transverse section
Date
ca. 237-212 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Hypaethral Kiosk (Trajan’s Kiosk; Western temple), Temple of Isis complex at Philae
Original Caption
Egyptian Art.
Western temple of Philae.
View Description
: exterior (reconstruction drawing)
Date
ca. 96 C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Tholos (”beehive”) tomb (called the “Treasury of Atreus”)
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Earliest Period.
Treasury at Mycenae.
View Description
: [top] plan; [bottom] section
Date
ca. 1300 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Herakles, aided by Athena, receives from Atlas the Golden Apples of the Hesperides; metope relief from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Original Caption
Greek Sculpture
Metope from the Temple of Jupiter at Olympia
Date
ca. 470-456 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Apollo Belvedere
Original Caption
Antique Sculpture from the death of Alexander the Great to Constantine.
Head of the Apollo Belvedere
View Description
: detail, head
Date
original ca. 330 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Poseidon (Temple of Hera II)
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
Interior view of the great temple at Paestum.
(5th Cent.)
View Description
: interior
Date
ca. 460 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Parthenon
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
View of the Parthenon (Finished 438 B.C. under Pericles, built by Ictinus and Callicrates.)
View Description
: exterior (restoration drawing)
Creator
Iktinos, Kallikrates
Date
447-438 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Ionic capital and base
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Ionic Style.
Ionic capital nd base.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
(Smaller) Temple of Themis
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
Temple in antis. Temple of Themis, Rhamnus.
View Description
: elevation (reconstruction drawing)
Date
ca. early 5th century B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Athena Polias
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Ionic Style.
Ionic entablature with egg-and-tongue mouldings and dentils. Temple of Athene (Minerva) at Priene
View Description
: detail, Ionic entablature
Date
ca. 340-156 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Athena Nike
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Ionic Style.
Temple of Victory, Athens. Tetrastyle.
View Description
: elevation (reconstruction drawing)
Date
ca. 427-424 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Erechtheum
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Attic Buildings.
North-eastern view of the Erechtheum.
(Abt. 410 B.C.)
View Description
: view from northeast (reconstruction)
Creator
Mnesikles
Date
ca. 421-405 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Erechtheum
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Attic Buildings.
Caryatide porch of the Erechtheum.
View Description
: detail, “Portico of the Maidens” caryatid porch (reconstruction)
Creator
Mnesikles
Date
ca. 421-405 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Comparative plans of Greek temples
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Earliest Period.
Doric Style.
View Description
: [11] Temple in antis. [12] Amphiprostryle.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Doric order
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Earliest Period.
Doric Style.
Elevation of Doric column and entablature.
View Description
: column and entablature (diagram)
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Doric order
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Earliest Period.
Doric Style.
Parallel of Doric columns.
View Description
: comparison of Doric columns: a) Temple at Delos (Hellenistic) ; b) Parthenon (Classical); c) Temple of Apollo at Corinth (Archaic)
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Doric order
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
Doric frieze and cornice.
View Description
: frieze and cornice
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Doric order
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
Doric frieze and cornice.
Doric entablature and construction of roof.
View Description
: entablature (diagram)
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Poseidon (Temple of Hera II)
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
Plan of Temple of Poseidon (Neptune) at Paestum. (Peripteral.)
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 460 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Parthenon
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
Plan of the Parthenon.
(Amphiprostyle peripteral.)
View Description
: plan
Creator
Iktinos, Kallikrates
Date
447-438 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Poseidon (Temple of Hera II)
Original Caption
Greek Architecture. Doric Style.
Section of Temple of Neptune at Paestum. (Hypaethral.)
View Description
: section
Date
ca. 460 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Original Caption
Greek Architecture
Maussoleum at Halicarnassus. Restored.
(Abt. 350 B.C.)
View Description
: restored view from west
Date
ca. 353 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Athena (Minerva) [aka. Temple of Demeter/Ceres]
Original Caption
So-called Temple of Ceres, Paestum
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 510 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple C
Original Caption
Central Temple on the Acropolis, Selinus
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 540 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple G (Temple of Apollo)
Original Caption
Temple of Jupiter, Selinus.
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 540-470 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Temple of Zeus Olympios (Olympeium)
Original Caption
Atlantes in temple at Agrigentum.
View Description
: detail of telamon (Atlantid) figure
Date
ca. 470-460 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Olympieion (Temple of Olympian Zeus)
Original Caption
Temple of Jupiter, Athens.
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 174 B.C.E. - 131 C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Augustus of Primaporta
Original Caption
Antique Sculpture from the death of Alexander the Great to Constantine.
Statue of Augustus. Vatican.
Date
ca. 20 B.C.E. (or early 1st century C.E. copy?)
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Theatre of Marcellus
Original Caption
From the Theatre of Marcellus, Rome..
View Description
: detail of arcade
Date
ca. 23 - 13 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Maison Carree
Original Caption
Roman-corinthian Temple near Nimes (Maison carree). Probably of the period of Augustus.
View Description
: exterior view
Date
ca. 20 B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Pantheon
Original Caption
Plan of the Pantheon.
View Description
: plan
Date
ca. 118-125 C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Pantheon
Original Caption
The Pantheon at Rome. Section.
Built 26 B.C., restored 202 A.C.
View Description
: section
Date
ca. 118-125 C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Pantheon
Original Caption
Section of the Pantheon. Original disposition.
(According to Adler.)
View Description
: section
Date
ca. 118-125 C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Original Caption
Roman Secular Buildings, Theatres, Palaces, Tombs, etc.
Colosseum. Section and elevation. Begun under Vespasian, finished under Titus 80 A.C.
View Description
: [L] section; [R] elevation
Date
72-80 C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Title/Description
El-Khazneh (”the treasury”) gateway, Petra (Arabia Petraea)
Original Caption
Facade of Tomb near Petra (Arabia).
Date
ca. 1st century B.C.E.
Source
Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
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