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Creation Year
May 1905
Image ID
W.028
Alternate Identifier
B22.028
Subcollection
W: Attica, Crete, Santorini
Abstract
The lateral Doric colonnade of the Temple of Hephaestus, as seen from within the ambulatory inside the temple. -MA
Description
Trachtenberg says the following about the temple: "The Temple of Hephaestus … the best preserved of all Greek temples, is a contemporary of the Parthenon—and may be slightly earlier in design … . It embodies all the refinements of the late Acropolis building—but to excess. It lacks vitality. The entablature is too high, the columns too slim. Its unstable proportions have been explained by the viewpoint toward the low hillside on which the Hephaesteum sits; and indeed, from below, the foreshortening of the columns and entablature does result in a more balanced effect" (99).
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 B22.028. Notes written on the slide or index: Athens - Collonade and Theseum.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Athens, Greece
Keywords
Ancient Agora
Image Location
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