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Images from In the Land of the Temple by Joseph Pennell (1860 – 1926), 1915
Reproductions of a series of lithographs made by [Pennell] in the land of temples [i.e. Greece], March – June 1913, together with impressions and notes by the artist.
Joseph Pennell died in 1926, more than 75 years ago, so these images are out of copyright, as is the text.
Title: In the Land of the Temples
Published by: William Heinemann
City: London
Date: 1915
Total items: 7
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: VI. Sunrise Behind the Temple of Concord, Girgenti]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/PennellTemples/wm/big/06-Sunrise-behind-the-Temple-of-Concord-Girgenti-q75-154x200.jpg "[picture: VI. Sunrise Behind the Temple of Concord, Girgenti]")
VI. Sunrise Behind the Temple of Concord, Girgenti
The Land of Temples is the land of effects—and they must be seized when they are seen. I had no idea of making this drawing; but as I reached the temple, the sun rose behind it, and I never saw it so huge, so mighty, as that morning. So I drew [...] [more...]
![[picture: III. The Temple Over the Canyon, Segesta]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/PennellTemples/wm/big/03-the-temple-over-the-canyon-segesta-153x200.jpg "[picture: III. The Temple Over the Canyon, Segesta]")
III. The Temple Over the Canyon, Segesta
“Everyone advised me to go to Segesta, and I am glad I wemt, but I should never have known how wonderfully the Greeks made architectural compositions if I had not seen the Grand Canyon. There I saw Nature’s compositions: here was one made by man—finer, though not so [...] [more...]
[$]![[picture: V. The Columns of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/PennellTemples/wm/big/05-the-columns-of-castor-and-pollux-girgenti-152x200.jpg "[picture: V. The Columns of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti]")
V. The Columns of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti
“This is not a restoration, but a re-building. The re-builders worked better than they knew, and made a delightful—and popular—subject for every artist who goes to Girgenti.” (p. 5) [more...]
[$]![[picture: II. The Theatre, Segesta]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/PennellTemples/wm/big/02-The-theatre-segesta-267x200.jpg "[picture: II. The Theatre, Segesta]")
“Nothing, not even Taormina, is more magnificent than the set scene of the Theatre; how poor and mean must have been the forgotten mummers! The scene will exist till the end of time—even though scarce anyone climbs the mountain-side and, fagged out, drops in one of the thousands of empty seats hewn in the [...] [more...]
[$]![[picture: I. Aetna over Taormina]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/PennellTemples/wm/big/01-Aetna-over-taormina-153x200.jpg "[picture: I. Aetna over Taormina]")
“For years I wanted to make this drawing—and for days after I reached Taormina I had to wait before I could make it: for a curtain of mist hung over the sea and land. Then suddenly in all its glory the great white, snowy cone, borne on clouds, came forth above the sea and shore. And Hiroshige and Claude and Turner never imagined or dreamt of anything [...] [more...]
[$]Images from In the Land of the Temple by Joseph Pennell (1860 – 1926), 1915
Reproductions of a series of lithographs made by [Pennell] in the land of temples [i.e. Greece], March – June 1913, together with impressions and notes by the artist.
Joseph Pennell died in 1926, more than 75 years ago, so these images are out of copyright, as is the text.
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