Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 41
Bas-Relief of Athena Driving her Chariot. * Pausanias, i. 28, § 2. + This statue was extant as late as a.d. 395, when it was seen by Alaric. 38 THE VIRGINS HOUSE. Proceeding onward, to the right, we now arrive in frontof the great Temple of Pallas, THE PARTHENON, crowning with its mass of marble… … The Parthenon. the highest and purest expression of Greek art. No-where else is architecture seen more harmonious, orinspired with an air of nobler serenity, or endowedwith grace and majesty more closely allied to truth; AN ARCHITECTURAL DISQUISITION. 39 nowhere else has stone, seemingly so dull…
Architecture, Greek · Architecture, Roman
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
