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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 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 + S K L R N |
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1227x1605, 153x200, 1636x2140, 545x713, 818x1070 | 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 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 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 + S K L R N |
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| 1090x1430, 152x200, 572x750, 818x1073 | 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 + S K L R N |
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1002x1303, 154x200, 564x733, 752x978 | 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 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1314x1106, 1752x1474, 238x200, 739x622, 986x829 | XXXII The Temple of Nike From Mars Hill, AthensIn the Land of the Temples (1915) “This is the grandest grouping of the Acropolis. The way in which the whole, in solemn square masses, piles up—the temple dominating all—is marvellous. It is finer, I am sure, in ruin, than ever it [...] Keywords: ruins, temples, hills, views, sketches, ancient greece, ancient greek remains, greyscale Places shown: Athens; Greece Added: 2006-03-16 + S K L R N |
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