Baalbec. Sculptured blocks covering space between entablature & cella. Temple of Jupiter / Bonfils. – Antique Wall Art
![Baalbec. Sculptured blocks covering space between entablature & cella. Temple of Jupiter / Bonfils., [between 1870 and 1880] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cf/cfd7925256c1-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Baalbec. Sculptured blocks covering space between entablature & cella. Temple of Jupiter / Bonfils., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Baalbec. Sculptured blocks covering space between entablature & cella. Temple of Jupiter / Bonfils.
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Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley of present-day Lebanon, is the site this albumen print documents, and the view focuses on the richly carved stone blocks that fill the gap between the entablature and the cella of the Temple of Jupiter. The photograph is attributed to Félix Bonfils, a French photographer who worked across the Levant and whose studio produced many views of biblical and classical sites for European and American audiences. Baalbek's Roman-era temple complex, among the largest sanctuaries of the ancient world, drew intense interest from travelers and scholars in the 1870s, and such images helped make its monumental ornament known far beyond the region.
| Created / published | [between 1870 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1870-1880. |
| Subjects | Archaeological sites--Lebanon--Ba'labakk--1870-1880. Architectural sculpture--Lebanon--Ba'labakk--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,263 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-182885 |
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