W.012 Acropolis - Parthenon

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1958

Image ID

W.012

Alternate Identifier

B22.012

Subcollection

W: Attica, Crete, Santorini

Abstract

A wide view of the magnificent Parthenon, the "sublime creation of High Classic Doric architecture" (Trachtenberg, 88). The building, dominating the Acropolis from its highest point, was erected between 447 and 438 B.C., and was designed by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates. Its plan type is octastyle peripteral, with seventeen columns on its sides. -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 B22.012. Notes written on the slide or index: The Parthenon.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Athens, Greece