The Erechtheion is an Ionic-style temple on the Acropolis in Athens, built between about 420 and 406 BC.
South-west view of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens
Category: Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek costume and fashion history. Military, nobility, peasants, decoration, culture
Earthenware from Crete and Greece. Middle and Late Minoan.
CRETE AND GREECE. Middle and Late Minoan circa 2000—1200 B.C. Vessels from Cnossus, Mochlos, Korakou, Palaikastro, Melos.
Shoes of antiquity. Sandals, closed footwear of the ancient world.
Classical Antiquity. Footwear. Fashions and Customs. Calceus, Ocrea, Caliga, Campagus, Crepida, Solea, Pero, Ceremonial shoes, Runner’s boots, Lace-up shoe.
The ancient Greek city of Posidonia or Paestum in Magna Graecia.
Percy Bysshe Shelley in Italy. Temple of Neptune at Paestum. Letter from Naples. The Year 1818.
Ancient specimens of Roman and Grecian Glass. Antiquities & Works of Art.
Antiquities and Works of Art. Ancient specimens of Roman and Grecian Mosaic Glass. Amphora, Cruche, or Œnochœ, small Bottle, ribbed Cup.
Dancing in ancient Greece. Cubistic, spheristic and stage dances.
The Greek dance usually took the form of those slow measured movements which Simonides described as “silent poetry”.
This picture shows two figures clad in what is known as Ionic dress.
The Ionic dress is more ornamental and richer than the Doric. This style became popular later in Greek history and was more complicated.
Decoration, taken from various periods of Greek Art.
Decoration, taken from various periods of Greek Art. Specimens of Antefix, Meanders, mosaic-work. Frieze and corona ornaments.
The transition from Doric to Ionic dress style in late ancient Greece.
Ionic dress. Compared to modern dress, it was an easy, comfortable, simple style of clothing.
Greek doric. Costumes during the so-called Golden Age of Greece.
You will notice, from the Doric column in front of which they are standing, how closely the simple, open, unelaborated costume blends with the earlier Greek architecture.
