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FRAGMENT OF A MIXING BOWL

From Tarentum Mid-4th century B.C. Martin von Wagner Museum Wurzberg Acroderia or ornamental figures adorn the roof above the center and the two ends of the pediment. Mask like faces cover the tile ends along the gutter of the roof. A dentil ornament is above the architrave. The porch ceiling is coffered. This shard of pottery gives a clear indica...

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CHAIR AND SMALL TABLE

Vase painting 475-450 B.C. Torno Collection, Milan In the klismos, the classic chair, the legs swing outward and the back swings upward in a continuous line. Early in the fifth century the leg has no foot. A broad horizontal slat is added to the top of the back which encircles the shoulders. The three legs of the small table curve in the same line...

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CARVED WOODEN TABLE

Found at Luxor 2nd or 3rd century B.C. Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels A Hellenistic three-legged table, one of the four pieces of Greek furniture to survive. It has carved antelope legs, ending with the heads of swans as they come out of acanthus leaves....

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Detail, COLUMNS AND ENTABLATURE

Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 447-432 B.C. Notice how the marble blocks sit in perfect balance on the abacus of the Doric columns. The masonry throughout the temple is so refined that no mortar is required at all. In this case the frieze has been stripped of both the finely sculptured marble metopes as well as the triglyphs....

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STELE OF ARISTION

by Aristokles c. 510 B.C. National Archaeological Museum, Athens A stele is a gravestone. This example is one of the finest from the archaic period. It is much more of a silhouette, shallow freize. Well defined but lacking the motion to be found in later sculpture....

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Detail, COFFERED CEILING

by Polyclitus the Younger Tholos, Epidaurus c. 360 B.C. Museum, Epidaurus Greek ceilings are typically coffered. Less common is this coffered ceiling from the tholos at Epidaurus which has delicate flowers growing out of the center of each panel....

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KLISMOS

Funerary Stele from the Eridanos cemetary, Hegeso c. 400 B.C. National Archaeological Museum, Athens A klismos of perfect proportions. Undecorated, it is simple, graceful, and elegant. Notice the low footstool....

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WEST FACADE

Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 447-432 B.C. Battered and chipped over the centuries, these columns from the west facade still retain their strength and elegance....

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Detail, COLUMN

Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 447-432 B.C. The workmanship in the carving of these Doric columns, like everything else, is at a very high level. There are twenty flutes, each brought to a precisely pointed line. This emphasizes the height and thrust of the columns....

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Detail, Bottom Drum of an IONIC COLUMN

From the Temple of Artemis Ephesus c. 350 B.C. British Museum, London Figures are sculptured into the bottom drum of the shaft of the large Ionic columns from the temple of Artemis....

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