Corinthian column and capital From the monument of Lysicrates : Fig. 1, column, base, and capital. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Corinthian column and capital From the monument of Lysicrates : Fig. 1, column, base, and capital., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Corinthian column and capital From the monument of Lysicrates : Fig. 1, column, base, and capital.
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This plate shows the Corinthian column and capital from the Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, a small monument erected around 334 BC to honor a victory in a choral contest. Its acanthus-leaf capital is among the best-known surviving examples of the Corinthian order, and Greek Revival designers of the 1800s studied it closely. Minard Lafever included this lithograph, labeled Fig. 1 with its base and shaft, in *The Beauties of Modern Architecture*, published by D. Appleton & Co. in New York in 1839, where it gave American builders a model to work from.
| Created / published | New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1839. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1830-1840.Details 1830-1840.Lithographs 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The beauties of modern architecture / by Minard Lafever, architect. New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1839, pl. 43. |
| Subjects | Corinthian order--1830-1840. Columns--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,286 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194746 |
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