Aeolic capital
Title
Aeolic capital
Date
7th century BCE
Identifier
5417
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
capitals (column components)
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Lárisa (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Greek (ancient)
Subject
Aeolic capitals
Description
View of an Aeolic capital from a building in Larisa, Greece. "Whether or not the Aeolic capital gave birth to the Ionic, its own origin is probably to be found in Asiatic and Egyptian types. Decoratively it is simply a variety of the famous "palmette" pattern which the Minoan Cretans seemed to have borrowed from Egypt and which the Greeks of the seventh and sixth centuries obtained afresh from oriental sources,"--Greek and Roman Architecture, by D. S. Robertson.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
37
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-GRK2-1162
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