Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Temples; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Social & civic facilities; Cultural facilities; Treasuries; Monuments; Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Architectural decorations & ornaments;...
"Reconstruction of the sanctuary of Apollo giving a general picture of the sanctuary buildings and dedications. It is quite faithful from an architectural point of view but contains several imaginary features, particularly with regard to the...
Spirituality; Spirituality in art; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
This thesis explores the history of human spirituality and its present ambiguous place in our modern secular world. Accompanying the written thesis is documentation of my creative work by the same title. First I will describe spirituality as a...
“The sanctuary of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Kore at Eleusis, as it might have appeared in the fifth century BC. The Telesterium, the Great Hall of the Mysteries, is in the centre [center]. The procession entered by the gate at the top...
A large pipe organ stands behind the altar in the sanctuary of Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church. Signed by photographer on cardboard frame below lower right edge of print. Title supplied by cataloger.
Christmas wreaths, tinsel and other decorations glisten in sunlight in the sanctuary of Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church. The pipe organ is illuminated by sunlight from a window on the left. Title supplied by cataloger.
Baptist churches; Broadway Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.)
Founded in 1870, the Broadway Baptist Church was built originally on Broadway between First Street and Brook Street and the first worship services were held in the sanctuary in May 1872. The last service was held in May 1948 at this location, and a...
Architecture; Temples; Religious facilities; Buildings; Monuments; Gods; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Ceremonial rooms; Halls; Columns; Courtyards; Lakes & ponds; Bodies of water; Pylons...
Includes: hypostyle hall; standing obelisk; sanctuary; [6] courts; festival temple of Tuthmose III; scarab; sacred lake; sed festival temple of Amenhotep III; Temple of Khonsu; [2] avenues of ram-headed sphinxes; avenue of human-headed sphinxes;...
“The Erechtheum seen from the west, as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. A sacrificial procession with a lamb for the sacrifice is approaching the sanctuary of Athena Polias.” (p.77); "[...] in 420 BC the...
"The Sanctuary of Asclepius is at the bottom left." (Caption, p.101); "The new skene, which had three doorways in it, was fronted by a closed colonnade. It also had two wings projecting forward 5 metres (16 1/2 feet), which were...
"Detail of the Second Style painted decoration partially covered by a later wall. Venus emerges from the central doorway of a sanctuary accompanied by a figure of Eros." (caption, p.216); "The Second Style painted decoration has been...
With the Middle Kingdom mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at left; "If the most impressive monuments of the Old Kingdom are its pyramids, those of the New Kingdom are its grandiose temples, often built to honor pharaohs and queens, as well as...
From the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. "A stylistic 'sister' to the Anavysos kouros is a statue of a kore wearing a peplos, a simple, long, woolen belted garment, which gives the female figure a columnar appearance. Traces of paint are preserved...
From Samothrace, Greece. [Perhaps by Pythokritos of Rhodes]. "The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by...
"The characteristic feature of the archaeology of Delos is that the great sanctuary of Apollo, the panhellenic Ionian religious center, existed alongside a large settlement with imposing houses, which were created by the development of the...
Architecture; Cities & towns; Drawings; Architectural drawings; Plans; City planning; Streets; Roads; Forums; Gates; City walls; Walls; Buildings; Temples; Religious facilities
Shows "the outline of the city wall, the regularized street plan, the urban sanctuaries of Athena and Hera, the agora, the suburban sanctuary of Aphrodite at Santa Venera (and the site of the later Roman forum)." (Caption, p.139); Also...
Architecture; Buildings; Social & civic facilities; Government facilities; Courthouses; Justice facilities; Mints; Stores & shops; Mercantile facilities; Commercial facilities; Markets; Shrines; Altars; Religious facilities; Temples;...
Includes: Hephaisteion; Kolonos Agoraios; Strategeion?; Tholos; Altar; Bouleuterion; Old Bouleuterion; Sanctuary of [?]; Poikile Stoa; Royal Stoa; Stoa of Zeus; Apollo Patroos; The Eponymous Heroes: [?] River; 12 Gods; Eschara; St. Philip; Hadrian...
Nike of Samothrace alighting on the victorious ship. From Samothrace, Greece. Perhaps by Pythokritos of Rhodes; "The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of...
From Samothrace, Greece. Perhaps by Pythokritos of Rhodes. "The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by...
Sculpture; Ship figureheads; Myths; Legends; Fictitious characters; Supernatural beings; Goddesses; Women; People associated with religion; Clothing & dress
From Samothrace, Greece. [Perhaps by Pythokritos of Rhodes]. "The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by...
