Bible History
Bible History
Choose a Category

Images & Art

COLOSSEUM SUBSTRUCTURE

Rome 70-82 The main corridor of the substructure....

Read More

CARVED BASE

From the theatre of Dionysus, Athens c. After 150 B.C. A round base carved with a satyr's mask and garlands....

Read More

KRITIOS BOY

by Kritios c. 485 B.C. Acropolis Museum, Athens By the 5th century B.C., sculpture moves into the classical age. With the slight bend in the right knee of the Kritios Boy, the figure is liberated from the formal, flat plane....

Read More

THRONE

Terra-cotta statue from Granmichele c. 470 B.C. Museum of Syracuse The dignified thrones are for gods, heroes, and important people. Influenced by the Egyptian throne, the Greek throne develops many variations over the years. They have animal legs, turned legs, and rectangular legs. This example has a straight back, an arm-rail with a knob, and li...

Read More

TEMPLE OF CASTOR AND POLLUX AND ARCH OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS

Forum Romanum Rome The monumental character of Roman architecture is apparent in three columns from the Temple of Castor and Pollux, rebuilt between 7 B.C. and 6 A.D. They are over forty-eight feet high and the entablature is nearly thirteen feet. Beyond is the triumphal arch of Septimius Severus, built in 203 A.D., with its three passageways....

Read More

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....

Read More

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....

Read More

TEMPLE OF VESTA

Tivoli c. 100 B.C. The cement cella of this circular temple has two windows. Corinthian capitals are handsomely carved and the entablature is elegantly decorated....

Read More

PANTHEON

Rome c. 118-128 The Pantheon is one of the most important buildings in architectural history. Built by Hadrian, the greatness of this temple to the gods is difficult to appreciate from the exterior. A large Corinthian portico, 110 feet wide by 60 feet deep, is attached to a circular drum, with a small section of a dome appearing above. In fact the...

Read More

FRIGIDARIUM

Baths of Caracalla Rome 212-216 The thermae or baths were a social center of Roman life. Used daily as a place to bathe and refresh the body, they also contained swimming pools, parks, stadiums for sports, libraries, lecture rooms, and occasionally small theatres. This is part of the frigidarium, the largest space in the bath and probably unroofed...

Read More

61 Bible Translations

Popular Articles

Explore the Bible Like Never Before!

Bible History Online

Bible Study Tools

Top Tags