Akropolis – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Akropolis in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Acropolis in Athens, its temples crowning a rocky hill above the city, is the subject here rather than the stadium or athletes. The 1936 Berlin Games drew openly on ancient Greece, with the torch relay setting out from Olympia, and Leni Riefenstahl's film of the Games opens with images of classical Greek sites that present antiquity as the forerunner of the modern festival. The caption card's date and attribution are unverified, so the print is best read as a document of that classical framing.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Leni Riefenstahl. This record contains unverified data from caption card. In album: XI Olympiade, Berlin 1936 / Leni Riefenstahl. Berlin: 1936. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,036 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147630 |
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