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Creation Year
January 1958
Image ID
W.002
Alternate Identifier
B22.002
Subcollection
W: Attica, Crete, Santorini
Abstract
Doric order colonnade of the eastern façade of the Propylaea, which served as the grand entrance gateway to the Acropolis. It was designed by the architect Mnesicles, and constructed between 437 and 432 B.C. (but never completed). -MA
References
Trachtenberg, Marvin, and Isabelle Hyman. "Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-modernism: The Western Tradition." New York: Prentice-Hall, H.N. Abrams, 1986.
Image Notes
Photograph created August 8th, 1958. Processing date unknown. Formerly catalogued as B22.002. Notes written on the slide or index: Columns of Propylea, Acropolis - Propylea.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Athens, Greece
Keywords
Stone, Marble, Columns, Propylaea, Acropolis, Athenian Acropolis, Classical Period, Fifth Century BC
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