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Frontispiece: Cathedral o MessinaSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

This engraving was published in 1877; since then, the cathedral was damaged in an earthquake in 1919 and mostly rebuilt, only to be bombed in the Second World War and again partly rebuilt. In spite of [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, buildings, churches, architecture, gothic architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Messina; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2012-05-29

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I. Aetna over TaorminaIn the Land of the Temples (1915)

“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 t [...]

Keywords: temples, mountains, sketches, ruins, colour

Places shown: Taormina; Messina; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2003-12-14

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II. The Theatre, SegestaIn the Land of the Temples (1915)

“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 scarc [...]

Keywords: temples, mountains, amphitheatres, sketches, ruins, ancient greek remains, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Segesta; Trapani; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2003-12-14

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III. The Temple Over the Canyon, SegestaIn the Land of the Temples (1915)

“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 N [...]

Keywords: temples, ruins, hills, mountains, sketches, ancient greek remains, colour

Places shown: Segesta; Trapani; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2004-01-05

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IV. From Temple to Temple, GirgentiIn the Land of the Temples (1915)

‘Not only are the lines of the hills, looking toward the sea, perfect, but the builders of these, as of all the temples, took advantage of the lines in the landscape, making the temple the focus of a [...]

Keywords: ruins, temples, sketches, trees, ancient greek remains, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: GirgentiGirgenti; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2004-01-05

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V. The Columns of Castor and Pollux, GirgentiIn the Land of the Temples (1915)

“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)

Keywords: ruins, temples, hills, trees, sketches, colour

Places shown: GirgentiGirgenti; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2004-01-05

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VI. Sunrise Behind the Temple of Concord, GirgentiIn the Land of the Temples (1915)

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 [...]

Keywords: ruins, temples, sunrises, greek architecture, pillars, columns, sunrises, sketches, greyscale

Places shown: GirgentiGirgenti; Sicily

Added: 2011-01-25

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Entrance to the harbour of Messina.South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

The harbour of Messina, today a large and modern city, was in the 1870s protected by a fort (still present). Today there is a large stone column with a statue on top of it very prominently placed on t [...]

Keywords: harbours, water, boats, ships, forts, people, hills, greyscale

Places shown: MessinaMessina; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2015-10-14

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The Catacombs at PalermoSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

At the end of a long dark corridor, lined with coffins, chests, skulls, and the standing dead, we see an archway, and, through the arch, an old man, a monk, standing in a pool of light. This is a very [...]

Keywords: catacombs, death, interiors, tombs, corridors, people, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Palermo; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2009-10-24

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