Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Pre-Grecian Civilization

MYCENAE (Mainland) MINOAN (Crete)

MINOAN PALACE OF KNOSSOS, CRETE

The Palace of Nestor at Pylos ( interpretation)

The Acropolis, Athens

The Parthenon, 447-432 BCE, Athens

Columns – The Three Greek Orders

THE PARTHENON Frieze by Phidias

Statuary from the Parthenon’s Tympanum

The Erechtheion

Porch of the Maidens

Anthemion

ROSETTES (ON FRIEZE)

GREEK VASES:BLACK FIGURE (hydra)

RED-FIGURE (kylix)

The Klismos Chair

Greek Furniture Forms: Kline, Klismos, Folding Stool, Foot Stool & Three Legged Table

Kline, Greek Couch

Greek Stools with Turned Legs

GRECIAN GOLD

FRETWORK, FRET (GREEK KEY)

GRECIAN ORNAMENT

Villa Kérylos, 1902-08, reconstruction of an ancient Greek home

Ancient Rome

ROMAN EMPIRE, 100 AD

Contemporary Rome

Model of Rome c. 337 CE

THE COLOSSEUM

The Roman Forum

The Roman Forum

The Baths of Caracalla

The Pantheon, 126 CE, Rome

The interior of the Pantheon, 1734,

Giovanni Paolo Panini

Constantine’s Basilica

BATHS OF CARACALLAPainted 18th c.

Roman Baths in Bath, England

AQUEDUCT (POND DU GARD)

The Classical Orders

CORINTHIAN vs. COMPOSITE CAPITALS

HADRIAN’S VILLA

RUINS OF POMPEII, 79 CE

House of the Vettii

Impluvium

Exedra, Frescos

Triclinium, Frescos

VILLA AT POMPEII

RE-CREATION OF VILLA AT BOSCOREALE

WALL PAINTINGS FROM BOSCOREALE

ROMAN ORNAMENT

ROMAN MOSAICS

Roman Ornament, Candelabrum, Grotesques and Rinceau

Roman Couch

Triclinium, Virtual Reconstruction

Roman Couch, Decorated with Ivory and Semi-precious Stones

Detail of the Fulcrum

CURULE CHAIRRoman ThroneCurulis Stool Form

TRIPOD – BASE TABLES

BLOWN GLASS

THE PORTLAND VASE(Cameo Glass)

Giovanni Paolo Panini, gallery of Views of Ancient Rome, 1758