Erechtheum
Title
Erechtheum
Date
ca. 421-406 BCE
Identifier
5502
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Athens (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Classical
Subject
temples (buildings)
doorways
Description
View of doorway at the Erechtheum in Athens, Greece. Gordon Bugbee Collection. "Eastern part of the building is a hexastyle prostyle pronaos to a cella with windows on either side of the door which opens east. Western part of the building is a cella with a floor 3 meters lower than the eastern section but with identical ceiling height. Western cella has 3 entrances. On the north of the western cella, a great door and step lead to the lower Ionic prostyle tetrastyle porch of 6 columns. East of this north doorway, an underground opening leads to a crypt under the north porch with a den for snakes. On the south of the western cella, an L- shaped staircase leads to the higher Porch of the Maidens (Caryatid Porch), a prostyle tetrastyle porch having 6 caryatids as roof supports, all facing south and standing on a low wall,"--Perseus Digital Library.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
38
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-GRK2-1247
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