the Corinthian capitals. The pilasters from the Villa Medici are as perfect specimens of Roman ornament as could be found.
The Roman Ornament. Corinthian and Composite Capitals. The Acanthus.
Category: Ancient
Greek-Roman art. Mosaics, painted bas-reliefs and wall paintings.
Greek-Roman art. Mosaics, painted bas-reliefs and wall paintings found in Herculaneum and Pompeii. Ornaments from panels, friezes, borders and mural paintings.
Roman Republic. Senator in the toga. A commoner in the paenula.
Roman Republic 500 BC. – 30 BC. A senator’s toga. The Paenula. A stripe, or clavis, down the center of the tunic, marks the wearer as a senator.
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, Egypt.
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, the most remarkable figure of its kind.
The ancient ruins of the Villa of Maecenas in Tivoli, Italy.
Tivoli, the ancient Tibur, whose charms are celebrated by Horace, Ovid, and Catullus, is of Grecian origin, and was, probably, of no little celebrity five hundred years before the foundation of Rome.
The Roman Pantheon, a temple to all the Gods. Ancient architecture.
The Roman Pantheon, a temple for all the gods, is one of the most perfect examples of ancient architecture in its magnificent simplicity.
The ancient Monument of Philopappus at Athens, Greece.
The Monument of Philopappus is an ancient Greek mausoleum dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus (65-116 AD), a prince of the kingdom of Commagene, Anatolia.
The early toga. Former roman clothing. 700 BC. – 500 BC.
The early toga. This earliest model is probably the shortest and widest example of the semicircular or half-moon-shaped togas.
The Etruscans. Culture, costumes, warriors in Etruria.
The Etruscans were an ancient people in Etruria, who lived in northern central Italy. The Etruscan culture can be traced in this area between 800 B.C. and the second half of the 1st century B.C.
Byzantine. The Emperor. Greek, Latin clergy. Ascetics and monks.
Byzantine. Greek, Latin clergy. Ascetics and monks. The blessing of the Greeks and the Latins. The Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire and the officers of his retinue. The Roman Consul. The patrician. Secular and ecclesiastical instruments.