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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...

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Theatre At Orange

c. 50 In the Roman theatre the orchestra is a place to sit, instead of a performing area as the Greeks had used it. The stage grows in importance and is brought into direct contact with the audience. The auditorium is a semicircle, often partially supported by a hill underneath as well as concrete vaulting. Corridors under the tiers were used in ca...

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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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CENTRAL PASSAGEWAY

Great Hypostyle Hall Temple of Amon, Karnak Dynasty XIX, 1318-1237 B.C. The central aisle of the great hypostyle hall at Karnak. It is lined on each side with six enormous columns seventy-eight feet high with lotus-blossom capitals. The passageway continues directly along the east-west axis....

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