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Rows of stone blocks at Carnac. ; (Morbihan, Brittany.)

Title/Description: Menhir alignment at Carnac
Original Caption: Rows of stone blocks at Carnac.; (Morbihan, Brittany.)
Date: ca. 4250-3750 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Stonehenge.

Title/Description: Stonehenge
Original Caption: Stonehenge.
Date: ca. 2750-1400 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Ruins of the Palace of Persepolis.

Title/Description: Palace of Darius I, Persepolis
Original Caption: Ruins of the Palace of Persepolis.
Date: ca. 518-460 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Details of Persian Architecture.

Title/Description: Persian architectural decoration: columns, capitals, molding, and cornice
Original Caption: Details of Persian Architecture.
Type: engraving

Persian Art.; Columns from the Hall of Xerxes at Persepolis.

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.
Type: engraving

Chaldaean Temple.

Title/Description: Ziggurat
Original Caption: Chaldaean Temple.
Type: engraving

Tomb of Cyrus

Title/Description: Tomb of Cyrus at Pasargadae
Original Caption: Tomb of Cyrus
Date: ca. 559-530 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Egyptian Art; Pyramid of Dashoor. Irregular construction. Length and breadth at base abt. 200 metres.

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.
Type: engraving

Capital at Beni-Hassan.

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.
Type: engraving

Doric Order. From the Temple of Theseus in Athens.

Title/Description: Doric order [diagram based on a portion of the Temple of Hephaestus (“Theseion”)]
Original Caption: Doric Order. From the Temple of Theseus in Athens.
Date: ca. 449-444 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Ionic Order. From the Temple of Pallas Athene, at Priene (Caria).

Title/Description: Ionic order [diagram based on a portion of the Temple of Athena Polias, Priene]
Original Caption: Ionic Order. From the Temple of Pallas Athene, at Priene (Caria).
Date: ca. 340-156 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Attic-Ionic Style. From the Erectheium at Athens.

Title/Description: Ionic order [diagram based on a portion of the Erechtheum]
Original Caption: Attic-Ionic Style. From the Erectheium at Athens.
Creator: Mnesikles
Date: ca. 421-405 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Greek Sculpture; Metope from the Temple of Jupiter at Olympia

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.
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Ionic Style.; Ionic capital nd base.

Title/Description: Ionic capital and base
Original Caption: Greek Architecture. Ionic Style.; Ionic capital nd base.
Type: engraving

View of the Temple of Theseus.

Title/Description: Temple of Hephaestus (“Theseion”)
Original Caption: View of the Temple of Theseus.
Date: ca. 449-444 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Monument of Lysicrates

Title/Description: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Original Caption: Monument of Lysicrates
Date: ca. 334 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

The Lantern of Diogenes

Title/Description: “Tower of the Winds” (Horologia)
Original Caption: The Lantern of Diogenes
Date: ca. 40 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Caryatide from the Erechtheium.

Title/Description: Caryatid; detail of figure from the “Portico of the Maidens” on the Erechtheum
Original Caption: Caryatide from the Erechtheium.
Date: ca. 421-405 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Monument of Lysicrates

Title/Description: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Original Caption: Monument of Lysicrates
Date: ca. 334 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Antique Sculpture from the death of Alexander the Great to Constantine. ; Statue of Augustus. Vatican.

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?)
Type: engraving

Facade of Tomb near Petra (Arabia).

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.
Type: engraving

Sculpture in the North of Europe. 10th-15th Cent. Moses Fountain at Dijon. Sculpted by Claux Sluter. Said to be of the year 1399.

Title/Description: Well of Moses
Original Caption: Sculpture in the North of Europe. 10th-15th Cent. Moses Fountain at Dijon. Sculpted by Claux Sluter. Said to be of the year 1399.
Creator: Sluter, Claus
Date: 1395-1406
Type: engraving

Mohammedan Architecture and Ornament. Court of Lions. Alhambra.

Title/Description: Courtyard of the Lions (Patio de los Leones), the Alhambra
Original Caption: Mohammedan Architecture and Ornament. Court of Lions. Alhambra.
Date: ca. 1354-1391
Type: engraving

Roman Architecture; The Roman Forum (restored), looking towards Tabularium

Title/Description: Forum Romanum (reconstruction drawing)
Original Caption: Roman Architecture; The Roman Forum (restored), looking towards Tabularium
View Description: (reconstruction drawing)
Date: 1st century C.E.
Type: engraving

Roman Secular Buildings.; Forum Romanorum. Restored.

Title/Description: Forum Romanum (reconstruction drawing)
Original Caption: Roman Secular Buildings.; Forum Romanorum. Restored.
View Description: (reconstruction drawing)
Date: 1st century C.E.
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Earliest Period.; Doric Style.; Parallel of Doric columns.

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)
Type: engraving

Corner of the Parthenon. From a drawing by Niemann. (Springer and Michaelis, Kunstgeschichte. Seemann, Leipzig.)

Title/Description: Parthenon
Original Caption: Corner of the Parthenon. From a drawing by Niemann. (Springer and Michaelis, Kunstgeschichte. Seemann, Leipzig.)
View Description: : cutaway drawing of corner, showing construction of colonnade and entablature
Creator: Iktinos, Kallikrates
Date: 447-438 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

From the Theatre of Marcellus, Rome..

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.
Type: engraving

Early Christian Architecture; Capital in S. Vitale at Ravenna.

Title/Description: San Vitale
Original Caption: Early Christian Architecture; Capital in S. Vitale at Ravenna.
View Description: : detail of capital from the ambulatory
Date: 526-547
Type: engraving

Capital and Base from Temple of Vesta at Tivoli.

Title/Description: Temple of the Sibyl (Temple of Vesta)
Original Caption: Capital and Base from Temple of Vesta at Tivoli.
View Description: : detail of Corinthian capital and base
Date: early 1st century B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Atlantes in temple at Agrigentum.

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.
Type: engraving

Antique Sculpture from the death of Alexander the Great to Constantine. ; Head of the Apollo Belvedere

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.
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Ionic Style.; Ionic entablature with egg-and-tongue mouldings and dentils. Temple of Athene (Minerva) at Priene

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.
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Attic Buildings.; Caryatide porch of the Erechtheum.

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.
Type: engraving

York Cathedral Church; View of the East End

Title/Description: York Minster (Cathedral of St. Peter)
Original Caption: York Cathedral Church; View of the East End
View Description: : east elevation
Date: 1220-1260, with later additions to 1475
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Doric Style.; Temple in antis. Temple of Themis, Rhamnus.

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.
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Ionic Style.; Temple of Victory, Athens. Tetrastyle.

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.
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Doric Style.; Doric frieze and cornice.; Doric entablature and construction of roof.

Title/Description: Doric order
Original Caption: Greek Architecture. Doric Style.; Doric frieze and cornice.; Doric entablature and construction of roof.
View Description: : entablature (diagram)
Type: engraving

Egyptian Art.; Western temple of Philae.

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.
Type: engraving

Greek Architecture. Doric Style.; View of the Parthenon (Finished 438 B.C. under Pericles, built by Ictinus and Callicrates.)

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.
Type: engraving

Temple at Elephantine.

Title/Description: South Temple of Amenhotep III at Elephantine
Original Caption: Temple at Elephantine.
View Description: : exterior view
Date: early 14th century B.C.E.
Type: engraving

Roman-corinthian Temple near Nimes (Maison carree). Probably of the period of Augustus.

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.
Type: engraving

Byzantine Circular Buildings; St. Sophia at Constantinople

Title/Description: Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), Constantinople
Original Caption: Byzantine Circular Buildings; St. Sophia at Constantinople
View Description: : exterior view
Creator: Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus
Date: 532-537
Type: engraving

Egyptian Art; Facade of the rock-cut tomb at Beni-Hasan.; (Middle Egypt.)

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.
Type: engraving

Church of the Holy Apostles at Cologne. ; From Dollinger.

Title/Description: Church of the Apostles
Original Caption: Church of the Holy Apostles at Cologne.; From Dollinger.
View Description: : exterior, view from east
Date: ca. 1192-1230
Type: engraving

Romanesque Style; Rhenish Churches; The Apostles’ Church, Cologne. Vaulted 1219.

Title/Description: Church of the Apostles
Original Caption: Romanesque Style; Rhenish Churches; The Apostles’ Church, Cologne. Vaulted 1219.
View Description: : exterior, view from east
Date: ca. 1192-1230
Type: engraving

Church of the Apostles : Cologne; Exterior from N.E.

Title/Description: Church of the Apostles
Original Caption: Church of the Apostles : Cologne; Exterior from N.E.
View Description: : exterior, view from northeast
Date: ca. 1192-1230
Type: engraving

Early Christian Architecture; S. Apollinare in Classe.; Built by Julius Argentarius, consecrated 549.

Title/Description: Sant’ Apollinare in Classe
Original Caption: Early Christian Architecture; S. Apollinare in Classe.; Built by Julius Argentarius, consecrated 549.
View Description: : exterior, view from northeast
Date: ca. 533-549
Type: engraving

The Erechtheion : Athens; View from N.W. (restored)

Title/Description: Erechtheum
Original Caption: The Erechtheion : Athens; View from N.W. (restored)
View Description: : exterior, view from northwest
Creator: Mnesikles
Date: ca. 421-405 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

The Theseion : Athens; Exterior from S.W.

Title/Description: Temple of Hephaestus (“Theseion”)
Original Caption: The Theseion : Athens; Exterior from S.W.
View Description: : exterior, view from southwest
Date: ca. 449-444 B.C.E.
Type: engraving

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