. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 18o0.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. Ill l'L"Hp!J!"f''r"^"'f'' f' ''i""''"",' *? *'"' *"â "'⢠"f Agamemnon, in the Electi-a ol t^oplu-oles, leaves little doubt of its identity. The. Gitcway of Aiieii'nt Kplii-iu^. entrance to the vault is a doorway of elaborate desi-n, scnlntured in (,.reen basalt; a restoration fron, the 'emaininff is pub ,shed m the supplementary vidume of Stuart and Reve
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 18o0.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. Ill l'L"Hp!J!"f''r"^"'f'' f' ''i""''"",' *? *'"' *"â "'⢠"f Agamemnon, in the Electi-a ol t^oplu-oles, leaves little doubt of its identity. The. Gitcway of Aiieii'nt Kplii-iu^. entrance to the vault is a doorway of elaborate desi-n, scnlntured in (,.reen basalt; a restoration fron, the 'emaininff is pub ,shed m the supplementary vidume of Stuart and Revett's of Athens. 1 he doorn-ay was orig-inally approached by steps, hu the earth luis now accumulated above the threshold. It differs widely m design and detail from the Greek of after ages- the door or jjate was brazen; the columns are decidedly Asiatic in character; tlie capitals closely resemble the £ffvptian,'thou(?h the bases approach the Greek in graceful outline;'the peculiar^scroU toinnng the princijial decoration is quite distinct from the Greek meander, but is met with in some of the Effvi-tian tombs; the van- dyke may have been suggested by a section'of the palm. On the "relief" T.''''u''rV''''V"'''*'''-^ '"'^ ''""^ I"""'- «« '^"-sus Cyrus, Xerxes, Xenophon, Alexander the Great, Mithradate< hal- low every spot of ground with a thousand historical associations even before the foundation of the Christian churches gave a still more vivid interest to the land. It was anciently divided into several small kingdoms, that sometimes successfully struggled against and sometimes succumbed, before the power of Persia After the check given to the Persian dominion by the defeat of Aerxes, the numerous cities on the coast of Ionia, yl-^tolia, and founded by emigrants or exiles from Greece, increased in power and iiuportance, and rivalled the mother country in art in science, and in literature. After
Size: 1902px × 1314px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1800, booksubjectarchitecture, booksubjectscience
