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  • Athens Acropolis Propylaea with scaffolding preparatory to restoration program in 1978.  One workman stands on a platform, leaning against a column, watching as a line of tourists, mostly women, exits the Acropolis site through the Propylaea columns.
    Athens_Propylaea_GRC197804-32.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : partial view of two adjoining temples, side by side, so that all their columns seem to cluster together.  A group of tourists partly visible below one of the temple platforms.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-097.jpg
  • Athens Acropolis Propylaea with scaffolding preparatory to restoration program in 1978.  One workman stands on a platform, leaning against a column, watching as a line of tourists, mostly women, exits the Acropolis site through the Propylaea columns.
    GRC197804-32m.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple to Hera II, Neptune, or Hera & Zeus (disputed attribution of dedication). Detail of five columns from bottom to top with curved shadows of the next column capital showing near the top of each.  Parallelism and togetherness; repetition.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-099.jpg
  • Two of the exquisitely perfect Ionic columns of the Erechtheum on the Athens Acropolis, scaffolding behind them in preparation for restoring the temple.
    Erechtheum_GRC197808-02.jpg
  • Colonnade of the Quwwat ul Islam mosque in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Delhi.  Early Islamic structure in India uses rich Hindu ornament on the columns of the prayer hall.  Tourists linger in the shadow of a column, only partly visible.
    Delhi_Mehrauli_IND200111-1-7.jpg
  • Rome, St. Peter's Basilica, Bernini's baldachino, detail of two twisted columns showing decoration; white pillar behind, 3 candles in front.
    StPeters_baldachino_detail_ITA200901...jpg
  • Telephoto view of a supervisor on a ladder between two Ionic columns of the Erechtheum points toward someone or something below on the left. City of Athens spreads out in the distance.
    Erechtheum_GRC197804-38.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : Temple of HeraII, Neptune, or Hera and Zeus.  Classic 5th century Doric style.  Part of its peristyle columns and entablature are visible through pine trees and shrubbery.  The temple points toward the mountain in the distance.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-090.jpg
  • Interior of the Mezquita, or Grand Mosque of Cordoba, showing a woman tourist walking through the forest of columns and giving it scale.  Flash exposure stops her motion while the arches above are slightly blurred.
    Cordoba_mosque_ESP201210--0163.jpg
  • Interior of the Mezquita, or Grand Mosque of Cordoba, showing its forest of columns and overlapping banded arches.  Shadowed, mysterious, and dignified.
    Cordoba_mosque__ESP201210--0160coled.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : Temple of HeraII, Neptune, or Hera and Zeus.  Classic 5th century Doric style.  Comparison with the trunk of a nearby pine tree suggests the original source of the Doric column flutes.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-089.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple to Hera II, Neptune, or Hera & Zeus (disputed attribution of dedication); detail of Doric column, capital, and entablature.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-101.jpg
  • Vatican. St. Peter's Basilica, detail of facade looking up to two column capitals, and cornice, with fragments of sculpture projecting above, including a disembodied arm and a papal crown.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--1281.jpg
  • St Peter's Square, Bernini colonnade, interior curve; man seated writing in the foreground, orange backpack at his feet; another figure partly visible behind another column.
    St-Peters-Bernini-colonnade-Rome_ITA...jpg
  • Mosque, tomb, and madrasa of Qala'un, Cairo, built 1283-85. Interior, mashrabeyya doors, opening toward the columned courtyard.  An atmosphere of peace and calm pervades the space.
    Mamluk architecture interior
  • Bare ruined choirs:  nave of Fountains Abbey looking westward.  Pillars and arches cast powerful shadows on the smooth grass.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_320.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple to Hera II, Neptune, or Hera & Zeus (disputed attribution of dedication); Doric order and blue sky
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-102.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple to Hera II, Neptune, or Hera & Zeus (disputed attribution of dedication)
    ITA200610-098.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples
    ITA200610-083.jpg
  • Old Newari carved wooden residence still occupied; laundry and bedding hang in its colonnade..
    old-house-Kathmandu-NPL200110-1-35.jpg
  • Detail of the overlapping arches in the Grand Mosque of Cordoba, or Mezquita.  Image is tilted to create a diagonal patterns of the red brick stripes in the arches.  A hanging lamp illuminates them.
    Cordoba_mosque_arcade-ESP201210--016...jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple to Hera, the earliest of the three temples at Paestum, seen from an angle that shows its siting in relation to the distant mountain.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-093.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : Doric temple of Athena or Ceres showing its orientation toward the sacred mountain above the site.  The perfect parallelism of the flanking colonnade visually locks with the landscape beyond.  For more about this theory, see Vincent Scully's "The Earth, the temple, and the gods."
    Paestum_temple_landscape_ITA200610-0...jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple of Athena or Ceres; workman wielding a weed cutter along the temple steps
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-075.jpg
  • Three children aged 10-13 assume Pharaonic poses with crossed arms, standing in front of the reconstructed. pilastered wall, Saqqara.
    Saqqara-architecture-children-EGY197...jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : Temple of HeraII, Neptune, or Hera and Zeus.  Classic 5th century Doric style.
    ITA200610-089.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple of Athena or Ceres; workman wielding a weed cutter along the temple steps
    ITA200610-075.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temple seen from ruins of the city.  An oak (?) tree towers over the ancient structure, still standing.  A different interpretation of nature overcoming the works of man.
    Paestum_trees_ITA200610-083.tif
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : view across the ancient city ruins toward the temple of Athena or Ceres.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-076.jpg
  • Imperial Forum from the Capitoline looking toward the Arch of Titus.
    Forum_Rome_ITA200901--0453.jpg
  • Sicily, Monreale Cathedral : cloister
    ITA200610-183w.jpg
  • The temple of Athena after partial reconstruction first during the 1980s and a more technically proficient reconstruction during 2008.  View across the temple area, marked by masonry laid on the ground, toward the sea and island of Lesbos.  It is a spectacular setting.
    Assos_temple_recontruction_TUR199710...jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple of Athena or Ceres from the city ruins and wall stumps.  An umbrella pine dominates the area.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-082.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple of Athena or Ceres; workman in orange jumpsuit wields a motorized weed clipper in front of the temple.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-073.jpg
  • Detail of the Parthenon perstyle columns showing how the column's verticality had been disjointed from earthquake and explosion.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-04.jpg
  • Detail of the Parthenon perstyle columns showing how the column's verticality had been disjointed from earthquake and explosion.
    GRC197804-2-11.jpg
  • Acropolis, Parthenon: detail of a damaged column of the peristyle.  One vast gouge out of the column shaft.  Scaffolding visible beyond, around the cella..
    Parthenon_GRC197804-2-09.jpg
  • Close up of one twisted column of Bernini's canopy or baldachino in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.
    Bernini baldachino column ITA200901-...jpg
  • Views of the archaeological site at Al Baleed, part of UNESCO's Land of Frankincense preservation area.  Carved stone column capital lies on the ground.
    Al_Baleed_archaeological_site_OMN200...jpg
  • Tiered roofs of the Patan temple Jagannarayan Mandir, with a figure of King Yoganarandra Malla on the top of a column in front of it.  Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO Monument Zone in the Kathmandu Valley. Temple dated late 16th century.  The king ruled ca. 1685-1706.
    Nepal-Patan-temple-NPL200110-5-5sc.jpg
  • Intricate design of female figure, vines, dentils, and other ornamental rows, on a Romano-Byzantine column capital re-used in a later building..
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-378.jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature, looking upward at one corner showing a piece of a column capital broken off and a gaping space along one cornice.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-15.jpg
  • Detail of carved beam and stone proto-Ionic column capital in the courtyard of El Greco's house, Toledo, Spain.
    Construction_detail_16th_century_ESP...jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: ashlar masonry of a column in the nave.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_331.jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature on the eastern side,  Upward view of cornice, metopes, one column capital.  In the pediment, one horse's head and one god's knee project above the cornice.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-14.jpg
  • Ostia Antica.  Closeup of an ancient Roman theatrical mask carved in stone; Corinthian pillar and umbrella pines behind.  Adjoins theater at Ostia.
    Ostia Antica theater mask ITA200901-...jpg
  • Two workmen on a platform rig the next module of scaffolding preparatory to restoration of the Propylaea.  Damage to the columns, particularly to the seams between column drums, is evident.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-23.jpg
  • Zadar: Church of St. Donatus, built 9th century, interior looking upward into the wooden dome.  The supporting columns are re-used Roman columns.
    Ambiguous_space_HRV200606-064.jpg
  • Courtyard of the Medici Palace, with transparent red gauze cloth banner hanging between two columns.  Tourist couple standing nearby looking around them.  The banner shows a collage of a photograph and a Ghirlandaio fresco with a quotation from Gabriele di Annunzio.
    Medici-Palace-courtyard-Florence-ITA...jpg
  • Exterior of a hall in the compound.  A visitor (man) sits on the steps putting on his shoes.  The carved wooden doors are fronted by carved marble columns.
    Hanoi_Temple_Literature__VTN200602--...jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Three theatrical masks displayed on short pillars, two columns and umbrella pines behind them.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1033.jpg
  • A man and woman walking along the Parthenon platform between columns and bypassing the scaffolding beginning to be erected preparatory to the Acropolis restoration program that began in 1978.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-22.jpg
  • Sicily : Cusa, quarries with unfinished Selinunte columns still in place.
    ITA200610-208.jpg
  • Front panel of Donatello's cantoria, manipulated in Photoshop to correct perspective so that the figures can be examined more closely.  The exuberant figures, probably at least designed if not wholly worked by Donatello himself (my opinion), are tucked behind a row of columns studded with mosaic.  The repetitive ornament above and below was undoubtedly finished by his workshop.
    Donatello-Cantoria-adjusted-ITA20110...jpg
  • Cloister, San Giovanni in Laterano; details of twisted columns with Cosmati mosaics
    Cloister-SanGiovanni-Lateran-Rome_IT...jpg
  • Cloister and Renaissance facade of Santa Clemente.  Woman tourist with camera.  Cobblestoned pavement, graceful arched 18th century facade using ancient columns for the colonnade.
    San-Clemente-Rome_ITA200901--1260.jpg
  • Rebuilt two storey skena or scene or scaena frons building of the Roman theater at Merida, built 16-15 BC by Vipsanius Agrippa, then consul.  White marble columns stand out in front of a rubble masonry and brick wall behind them.
    Merida_Roman_theater_scene_ESP201210...jpg
  • Modhera, 11th century Sun temple colonnade overlooking water-filled tank and steps, orchard beyond.  The all-over carvings of the columns are in Jain style.
    Modhera_Sun_Temple_IND201301-0757.jpg
  • Man and woman seated together meditating on the cool marble floor of Ranakhpur, Jain temple built in 1439 in reign of Rana Kumbha, after businessman Dharma Sah dreamed that he should build a temple to Adinath, primary Jain deity, just at this spot.  Has 1444 columns each uniquely & richly carved with deities and floral motifs.  Beyond the couple, sunlight pours into an adjoining open courtyard.
    Ranakhpur_meditation_IND200111-8-4.jpg
  • Vatican seen from in front of St. Peters,part of its facade showing on the left.  Heavy rain clouds.  Vatican structure looks distant, mysterious, closed, in contrast to the prominent columns of the St. Peter's facade.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--0819-2.jpg
  • Columnar basalt on a cliff at the island of Staffa, near Fingal's Cave.  Tops of the columns have folded over in some prehistoric heat wave, and seem to be pouring down the surface of the cliff in some inanimate cooking accident.
    Ambiguity-PT199410-036_16b (1).jpg
  • Couple meditating in the Jain temple to Adinath at Ranakhpur, built in 1439 in reign of Rana Kumbha, after businessman Dharma Sah dreamed that he should build a temple to Adinath, primary Jain deity, just at this spot.  Has 1444 columns each uniquely & richly carved with deities and floral motifs.
    Couple meditating Ranakhpur Jain tem...jpg
  • Sta Costanza interior, ambulatory colonnade of the circular structure showing re-used ancient columns and Byzantine arrangement.
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1087.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking west down the empty nave, with shadow pattern from the columns.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_306.jpg
  • Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai, side view, with a woman visitor contemplating the white Buddha statue from among the truncated columns.
    Sukhothai_wat_mahathat_THA200603_118.jpg
  • Detail of a twisted column of Bernini's baldachino in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.  The black column with its gold ornamen tation is set against on e of the white marble square pillars in the basilica.  Three candles, unlit, in the foreground.
    Baldachino-detail_Rome_ITA200901-128...jpg
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, Detail of saw leaning against the base of a Propylon column.  The column flutes are clearly delineated, as it the fact that it has shifted on the platform.
    Athens_Acropolis_GRC197804-2-11.jpg
  • Column capitals of the Temple of Athena at Assos, Turkey, lie scattered on the ground in 1968.The temple, is sited on a cliff that overlooked the ancient city (where Aristotle lived for a time) and now overlooks a tiny picturesque village port. It is the earliest archaic Doric temple in Turkey, dating about 530 BC.
    Assos_archaic_Doric_capitals_TUR1968...jpg
  • Acropolis, Parthenon: detail of a damaged column.
    GRC197804-2-09.jpg
  • Interior, views of the gallery showing arches, wooden roof, and re-used ancient Roman and Byzantine era column capitals.  Restored after Serbian assault damage during 1990s.
    Zadar-Donatus-interior-HRV200606-066.jpg
  • My Son Champa archaeological site, central Vietnam.  Became a World Heritage site in 1999.  Four sided column base set aside for a museum on the site:  each side has a relief sculpture of a smiling, grinning female caryatid kneeling with arms upraised to hold up the top of the base..
    Female_caryatids_My_Son_VTN200602-10...jpg
  • Statue of a winged griffin ( or gryphon - lion's body, head and wings of an eagle)  with claws resting on a serene lamb in front of it, both atop a Byzantine column,  Exterior of San Marco Basilica, Venice..
    gryphon-sculpture-Venezia_ITA200403-...jpg
  • Interior, views of the gallery showing arches, wooden roof, and re-used ancient Roman and Byzantine era column capitals.  Restored after Serbian assault damage during 1990s.
    HRV200606-066.jpg
  • Sicily, Monreale Cathedral : mosaics and column capitals.
    ITA200610-179.jpg
  • Interior, views of the gallery showing arches, wooden roof, and re-used ancient Roman and Byzantine era column capitals. Deconsecrated, now used for concerts.   Restored after Serbian bombardment 1991-1993.
    Zadar-Donatus-interior-HRV200606-067.jpg
  • Statue of a winged griffin (gryphon -- body of a lion, head and wings of an eagle) with its front paws, claws extended, on the supine figure of a man.  Set on a Byzantine column, with others on either side.  Symbol of imperial power and protection.
    Gryphon_human_Venezia_ITA200403-5-13.jpg
  • Piazzetta di San Marco, Doges' Palace at left, Biblioteca Sansoviana at right, winged lion column beyond.  A seagull soars over the lamposts.  Pedestrians on the raised walkways set up for aqua alta.
    Piazzetta-Venezia_200402-3-29.jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature.  Doric column capitals, abaci, entablature, and a corner of the cornice with horse's head silhouetted against blue sky..
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-16.jpg
  • A modern museum of El Greco's works has been added to a 16th century house where he is said to have lived. This charming carved beam and simple Ionic style column are probably original.
    Toledo-architectural-detail-ESP20121...jpg
  • Overview of the Roman Forum from the vantage point at the back of the Capitoline Museum.  Visible are the Arch of Septimus Severus on the left, Column of Phocas, Basilica Julia, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Sacred Way, and Arch of Titus gleaming in the distance.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901-4859.jpg
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, workmen doing repairs with scaffolding and tools.  One on the scaffold of the Propylon tightens a clamp around a column.
    Athens_Propylaea_GRC197804-2-13.jpg
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