Painted Stoa, Agora, Athens, Greece, reconstruction.
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Title |
Painted Stoa, Agora, Athens, Greece, reconstruction. |
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Cultural Context |
Aegean
Ancient Greek
Greek
Athenian
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Greek (ancient) |
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Subject |
Buildings
Social & civic facilities
Covered walks
Galleries (Display spaces)
Reconstructions
Conjectural works
Colonnades
Columns
Doric order
Ionic order
Architraves
Friezes (Entablature components)
Entablatures |
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Description |
“This stoa received its name (poikile, ‘painted’) from the series of large paintings which decorated its walls. These were painted on wooden panels by the three great Athenian painters of the day, Polygnotus, Micon and Panaenus. The paintings depicted the great Athenian military events: Theseus’ war with the Amazons, the Trojan War, the victory over the Spartans at Oenoe and the Battle of Marathon. These were still in place when the Greek travel writer Pausanias visited Athens 600 years later. The stoa was also hung with victory trophies such as shields. A shield captured from the Spartans during the Peloponnesian War was discovered during the excavations.” (p.23) |
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Location Depicted |
Agora (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Greece |
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Technique |
Drawing (image-making)
Architectural drawing (process)
Illustration (process) |
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Work Type |
Architecture
Stoas
Reconstructions |
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Source |
Connolly, Peter, and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 1998. (p.23 top) |
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Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Connolly courtesy: the author, Peter Connolly. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 675-12.jpg |
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