Images & Art

Detail, LINTEL ARCH

Colosseum Substructure Rome 70-82 Horizontal lintel arches supported the heavy amphitheatre columns which were underground. These arches were made with wedge-shaped blocks or voussoirs....

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ALEXANDER SARCOPHAGUS

From the necropolis at Sidion After 330 B.C. Archaeological Museum Istanbul Notice the classical Greek ornamentation surrounding this battle scene from the life of Alexander. The bright painted colors have faded....

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DISCUS THROWER

by Myron 460-450 B.C. Museo Nazionale, Rome Created about a decade or so before work started on the Acropolis, Myron's Discus Thrower was revolutionary. The figure still retains an inner poise and an overall balance. But the energy has opened up, moving with a new sense of the world. This is a marble copy of the bronze original....

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FOLDING STOOL

Interior, White kylix c. 470 B.C. Museum, Delphi A folding stool or diphros okladias with crossed, turned-in lion's legs and paws. Seats are made of leather or cloth....

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ARCH OF TITUS

Forum Romanum Rome 81 At the eastern end of the forum is the Arch of Titus, built to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem. It is the oldest extant triumphal archway in Rome with a single passage. To the right in the distance one can see a potion of the walls of the Coliseum....

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Detail, EAST PEDIMENT

Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 437-432 B.C. The pediments are the triangular areas above the architrave on the east and west ends of the temple. Devoted to Athena, the goddess of the temple, the east pediment represented her birth and the west pediment her peaceful contest with Poseidon over who would be god of Athens. A few magnificent parts of the ...

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Detail, COLUMN

Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 447-432 B.C. The Doric columns sits directly on the floor....

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TEMPLE OF VESTA

On the Tiber Rome 1st century B.C. More directly influenced by Greek architecture, this circular temple has marble Corinthian columns nearly thirty-five feet high. Originally the roof was probably covered with bronze tiles....

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PANTHEON

Rome c. 118-128 Its interior space is awesome. Proportioned like a circle within a square, a hemispherical dome sits on a cylindrical drum. The diameter of the dome is 141 feet and it rises 141 feet from the floor to the top of the ceiling....

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PALAESTRA

Baths of Caracalla Rome 212-216 The palaestra is a large circular room for wrestling and other gymnastic activities....

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