Library of Celcus
Title
Library of Celcus
Date
117
Identifier
1258
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Turkey (nation)
Ephesus (deserted settlement)
Style/Period
Imperial (Roman)
Subject
libraries (buildings)
Corinthian order
Description
View of ruins including the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey. "built in 117 A.D. It was a monumental tomb for Gaius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, the governor of the province of Asia; from his son Galius Julius Aquila. The grave of Celsus was beneath the ground floor, across the entrance and there was a statue of Athena over it. Because Athena was the goddess of the wisdom ... The facade of the library has two-stories, with Corinthian style columns on the ground floor and three entrances to the building. There is three windows openings in the upper story. They used an optical trick that the columns at the sides of the facade are shorter than those at the center, giving the illusion of the building being greater in size,"--Ephesus website.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
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ID Number
A1REEPH6-6120E2A1
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