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Theater of Dionysus [Dionysos], Athens, Greece, reconstruction.
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Theater of Dionysus [Dionysos], Athens, Greece, reconstruction.
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Title
Theater
of
Dionysus
[Dionysos]
,
Athens
,
Greece
,
reconstruction
.
Date
Late 4th century
Cultural Context
Aegean
Ancient Greek
Greek
Athenian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Greek (ancient)
Classical
Theme
Architecture (object genre)
Buildings
Theaters (buildings)
Open-air theaters
Reconstructions (visual works)
Illustrations (layout features)
Drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Overhead views
Caveae
Seating
Tiers (rows)
Scaenae
Skene
Backstages
Stages (performance spaces)
Architectural elements
Colonnades
Columns (architectural elements)
Wings (building divisions)
Façades
Pediments
Orchestras (stage spaces)
Walls
Roofs
Rooftops
Hills
Cliffs
Sanctuaries (Ancient Roman and Greek)
Spectators (event observers)
Audiences
Subject
Architecture
Buildings
Theaters
Open-air theaters
Cultural facilities
Social & civic facilities
Reconstructions
Conjectural works
Drawings
Architectural drawings
Illustrations
Stages (Platforms)
Architectural elements
Structural elements
Colonnades
Columns
Wings (Building divisions)
Facades
Pediments
Walls
Roofs
Hills
Cliffs
Crowds
Spectators
Audiences
Theater audiences
Social life
Description
"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
fronted
with an
open
colonnade
.
[...]
The
seating
capacity
seems
to have been
greatly
increased
, with
stone
seating
extended
right
up
to the
cliff
face
of the
Acropolis
(which
was
cut
back
to
accommodate
it).
"
(Excerpts
,
p.100)
Location Depicted
Athens (Greece)
Greece
Technique
Drawing (image-making)
Architectural drawing (process)
Illustration (process)
Work Type
Architecture
Buildings
Theaters
Open-air theaters
Reconstructions
Illustrations
Drawings
Architectural drawings
Source
Connolly, Peter, and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 1998. (pp.100-101)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Connolly courtesy: the author, Peter Connolly.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
675-18.jpg
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