Athens. Erechtheum
- Title:
- Athens. Erechtheum
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Mnesikles (Greek architect, active ca. 430-420 BCE)
- Creation Date:
- 421 BC-405 BC (building)
ca. 1865-ca. 1875 (photograph)
- Location:
- Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece
- Country:
- Greece
- ID Number:
- 610
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00610
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00610.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Erectheum, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
ruins
archaeology
Towers
temples by form
Rock
caryatids
porches
Ionic columns
photographs - Measurement:
- 17.8 x 22.4 (centimeters)
- Description:
- This view of the Acropolis may have been made by William James Stillman. It was certainly taken prior to the demolition of the Frankish Tower (in background, to the left of the Erechtheum) in 1875. Source: Anne Ehrenkranz, Poetic Localities: Photographs of William James Stillman (Ne w York: Aperture, 1988)
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.