Stoa of Attalos
Title
Stoa of Attalos
Date
150 BCE
Identifier
5525
Work Type
Visual Works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Athens (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Hellenistic
Subject
stoas
line drawings (drawings)
Description
Drawing of Ionic and Doric columns from the Stoa of Attalos in Athens, Greece. Gordon Bugbee Collection. "...the Stoa of Attalus...is a two-storey building, 116 m x 19.4 m (381 ft x 63 ft 8 in), with a Doric colonnade on the ground floor, and an Ionic upper colonnade incorporating a balustrade. All the faade is in marble. The inner ground floor colonnades are equal in height to the exterior to support the floor above, but at double spacing they are Ionic. The inner colonnade of the upper floor has columns of palm-leaf design developed in Pergamum. There is a row of rooms behind the colonnades on both floors. The details are unsatisfactory, in comparison with the forms of Classical Athenian architecture. More important is the way the stoas are used to close off the agora to a regular plan,"--Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p147.
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-GRK8-1270
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