Elevations and sections of an Ionic capital, with a detail and section of moulding from the Temple of Minerva Polias at Priene
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Artist/Photographer | Revett, Nicholas (1720-1804) |
Country | Turkey |
City | Priene |
Subject Date | -299 |
Image Date | 1769 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Greek |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | SC82/14(17) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Temples ; Capitals ; Decorative stonework ; Orders of architecture |
NOTES: This drawing was reproduced in the publication 'Antiquities of Ionia', published by the Society of Dilettanti (London, 1769, vol I), chapt. II, pl V. The book was of great importance in disseminating knowledge of Greek architecture and became a source for the later Greek revival in England.
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