ABC/91 - Antiquities of Iona. Part 5.

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ABC/91

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Antiquities of Iona. Part 5.

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  • 1915 (Creation)

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1 volume

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(fl.1734-present)

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Society of noblemen and scholars which sponsors the study of ancient Greek and Roman art, and the creation of new work in the style. Based in London.

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A volume dedicated to the study of the Antiquities of Ionia, divided in several chapters: The First and Second Ionian Missions of the Society of Dilettanti; The Temple of Artemis at Magnesia and the Ionic Order; Myra and Lycian Sculpture; Lycian Tombs, Lindus and Cnidus; The Third Ionian Mission, Priene, Teos and the Smintheum; Appendix - Later Hellenistic Architecture and Rome. The text is accompanied by a series of original etchings that depict, at scale, plans, elevations, sections and other details of the buildings. From Magnesia: The Site of Magnesia; The Ruins of the Temple of Artemis; The Front of the Temple; Section through the Portico; Plan of the Soffit of Entablature; Details of the Order; Details of Three Varieties of Capitals; Details of Capitals; Further Details; Sections of Capitals; Details of Bases. From Myra: General View of the Tombs and the Theatre; Exterior and Interior of the Theatre; The Composite Order of the Theatre; A Second Composite Capital with a Detail of the Soffit of the Modillions of the Cornice; A Rock-hewn Tomb; Plan and Section of another Rock-hewn Tomb; Elevations of the same Tomb; Details of the same Tomb; Other Rock-hewn Tombs; A Late Tomb; A Sarcophagus; Part of Roman Baths. From Telmessus: Some Rock-hewn Tombs, with section and detail. From Antiphellus: An Isolated Tomb having a Lycian Inscription; Other Later Tombs or from the same periods. From Phellus: A Rock-hewn Tomb, with its Plan, Section, and Details. From Lindus: Plan and Section of a Rock-hewn Sepulchre; Elevation of the same.

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