All these buildings are of a pyramidal shape, with vertical stages, which are separated by curved roofs…
All these buildings are of a pyramidal shape, with vertical stages, which are separated by curved roofs…
The Temple of Edfu is an ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of…
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in…
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in…
An entablature refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns,…
An entablature refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns,…
The Temple of Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple which was rebuilt in Madrid, Spain. The temple was…
The columns form three or four rows, the rows which face the court being closed in by walls of about…
Located with the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt, the Temple of Khonsu is an example…
Located with the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt, the Temple of Khonsu is an example…
The serious, solemn, and awe-inspiring efect which the general arrangement of the temple produces is…
The interior has a richer appearance, chiefly owing to the use of columns of a round cylindrical shape.…
At the lower part of the capital there frequently occurs an ornament of diminishing triangles, resembling…
At the lower part of the capital there frequently occurs an ornament of diminishing triangles, resembling…
The capitals of the columns display an immense variety. The most beautiful have a crater-like form,…
The capitals of the columns display an immense variety. The most beautiful have a crater-like form,…
In some temples the pillars have, in lieu of capital, the face of a goddess, probably of Isis, with…
Instead of columns, square piers are not infrequently introduced in the tombs. In structural buildings…
Instead of columns, square piers are not infrequently introduced in the tombs. In structural buildings…
They are generally of smaller dimensions in the interior, so that the walls or columns of the same chamber…
Another element in Egyptian monuments which is worthy of study is the hieroglyphics, which mean, literally,…
They are generally of smaller dimensions in the interior, so that the walls or columns of the same chamber…
There is another form of Egyptian temples called Typhons. They consist of a simple house in the shape…
In 1959 an international donations campaign to save the monuments of Nubia began: the southernmost relics…
In most rock-temples a court, which is sometimes hewn out of the rock, or a covered vestibule forms…
In most rock-temples a court, which is sometimes hewn out of the rock, or a covered vestibule forms…
Four colossal 20 meter statues of the pharaoh with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt decorate…
This image shows how the middle passage is made more imposing by the arrangement of elevating the columns…
Chinese structures have nothing durable about them, for perishable wood forms an essential element in…
On the apex and two lower angles of the pediment were introduced acroteria, sometimes ornaments of flowers…
On the apex and two lower angles of the pediment were introduced acroteria, sometimes ornaments of flowers…
On the apex and two lower angles of the pediment were introduced acroteria, sometimes ornaments of flowers…
The Doric columns, which are short, powerful, and closely ranged together, in order to support the weight…
The Ionic order was indebted for its earlier development to western Asiatic influence, notably to that…
The so-called Attic base is the form which most frequently occurs; and consists of two tori separated…
In the capital the Doric echinus is replaced either by a cyma ornamented with leaves, or, more generally,…
These volutes, or scrolls, when viewed from the side, appear to meet in the middle, and form a wavy…
These volutes, or scrolls, when viewed from the side, appear to meet in the middle, and form a wavy…
These volutes, or scrolls, when viewed from the side, appear to meet in the middle, and form a wavy…
In the capital the Doric echinus is replaced either by a cyma ornamented with leaves, or, more generally,…
The good effect of the Ionic capital is really only produced by the front-view. It seems calculated…
The good effect of the Ionic capital is really only produced by the front-view. It seems calculated…
The capital of the antæ and pilasters is without volutes, as is seen here. The shaft has no flutings;…
The capital of the antæ and pilasters is without volutes, as is seen here. The shaft has no flutings;…
The entablature resting on the columns has three parts: a plain architrave divided into two, or more…
Rectangular block under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae.…
Rectangular block under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae.…
Ante-fixae, the vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan,…
Ante-fixae (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before), the vertical blocks which terminate the covering…
Belonging to the time directly after Pericles is the Erechtheum. This is a double temple in the Ionic…
The Roman Leaf Festoon was hung as a decoration on the friezes of temples, alternating with the real…
The temple of Jupiter torus moulding is found in Rome, Italy. It is a design of a rod that is covered…
The colossal egg-and-leaf moulding is found in the temple of Jupiter Tonans, Rome.
The leaf enrichment moulding is a design found in Erechtheum, Athens an ancient Greek Temple.
The Greek akroter serves as an ornamental finish to the apex of a gable. It is painted in the temple…
The Roman antefix is is found in the temple of Jupiter Stator in Rome, Italy. This design is found on…
This Roman base is found in the Temple of Concord in Rome, Italy. It is a natural method of decoration,…
The Greek Doric pilaster capital is found in the ancient Greek temple of Erechtheum in Athens. It has…