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Frontispiece: Cathedral o Messina
South 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 [...]
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cathedrals, buildings, churches, architecture, gothic architecture, greyscale
Places shown:
Messina; Sicily; Italy
Added: 2012-05-29
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II. The Theatre, Segesta
In 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 [...]
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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, Segesta
In 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 [...]
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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, Girgenti
In 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 [...]
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ruins, temples, sketches, trees, ancient greek remains, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour
Places shown:
Girgenti
Girgenti; Sicily; Italy
Added: 2004-01-05
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V. The Columns of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti
In 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)
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ruins, temples, hills, trees, sketches, colour
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Girgenti
Girgenti; Sicily; Italy
Added: 2004-01-05
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VI. Sunrise Behind the Temple of Concord, Girgenti
In 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 [...]
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ruins, temples, sunrises, greek architecture, pillars, columns, sunrises, sketches, greyscale
Places shown:
Girgenti
Girgenti; 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 [...]
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harbours, water, boats, ships, forts, people, hills, greyscale
Places shown:
Messina
Messina; Sicily; Italy
Added: 2015-10-14
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The Catacombs at Palermo
South 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 [...]
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catacombs, death, interiors, tombs, corridors, people, spooky, greyscale
Places shown:
Palermo; Sicily; Italy
Added: 2009-10-24
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