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Detail of the engaged Ionic order on the facade of the Theater of Marcellus, Rome.
13 BCE, with a fairly well preserved section of the Ionic entablature.
Detail of the base of an Ionic column from the Tetrastyle Temple (also known as the Tempio della Sibilla), Tivoli, Italy.
Date: late second century BCE.
Material: travertine base and column drums, which were covered with a layer of stucco.
Inset drawing modified from R. Delbrück, Hellenistische Bauten in Latium (Strassburg 1912).
Compare to the travertine Ionic base from the Temple of Portunus in Rome, perhaps a slightly later date by 25-50 years (note, for example, the difference in the carving of the lower terminus of the fluting):
A. Inspired by some part of a video I seen on VH1 the other day while flipping through the channels.
B. New sim. Name is Marcy :D
C. Two pictures in one day. OHH DEAR!! D:
D. I dunno what is up with these here lists ohoho, :DD
E. I would like to use her for Duet instead {lol, I know, I keep changing xD} but she's blonde...and...so is Gabe. That would bug me but I'll try to deal with it? :[
F. I never really cared for bridge piercings, but lately they have been growing on me. I just don't know if it suits Marcy.
G. YAYAYYAYA POINTLESS RAMBLING 8D
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J. The title is a dance crew name, from ABDC of course... xD I like it.
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The Birmingham and Midland Institute is now on Margaret Street, in Birmingham City Centre. It was a pioneer of adult scientific and technical institution (General Industrial, Commercial and Music) and it today offers Arts and Sciences lectures.
When the old mid 19th century building was demolished in 1965 as part of the redevelopment of Birmingham City Centre, the BMI moved to Margaret Street, the home of the private Birmingham Library, which is a Grade II* listed building, designed in 1889 by architects Jethro Cossins, F. B. Peacock, and Ernest Bewly.
1899, by Cassins, Peacock and Bewlay. Red brick with stone dressings; green stone tiled roof. Two storeys plus basement and attic; 5 bays, the outer once advanced and gabled, that on the right broader and taller than that on the left. Ground floor with a modern entrance with 3-light transomed window above, three 4-light windows with transom and bold voussoirs in the arches and then the entrance up steps within an archway flanked by banded Ionic columns and arched panels. First floor with a 3-light window, six 2-light windows separated from one another by banded Ionic columns standing alternately on the keystone of the window below and a buttresses rising from basement level and a window of Serliam type with banded Ionic pilasters and a sculpted semi-circular panel over the centre light. Below the 6 window a sculpted band of Renaissance-type decoration. All first floor windows with 2 transoms. Richly decorated cornice and parapet behind which the roof in which three 4-light flat-headed dormer windows. All windows with leaded lights. Right-hand return on Cornwall Street of 3 bays and similar to the Margaret Street elevation. Nothing inside.
Birmingham Midland Institute - Heritage Gateway
Formerly listed as The Birmingham Library. Now listed as Birmingham Midland Institute.
Before public libraries were provided there were private and subsciption libraries, of which there were several in Birmingham. The most important one, which subsequently became the Birmingham Library, was established in 1779. From 1797 until 1899 this library was in its own premises in Union Street, designed by William Hollins. It then moved to a new building, designed by Cossins & Peacock, on the corner of Margaret Street and Cornwall Street, now owned by the Birmingham and Midland Institute, and Grade II listed.
From Victorian Buildings of Birmingham by Roy Thornton
According to its style, the Ionic capital was carved during the last decades of the 6th century BC. However, the inscription on the abacus was cut during the 4th century, when the capital was dedicated by Dokimos, son of Neokreon, as a monumental offering marking the tomb of Archilochos—the revered Parian poet who lived during the 7th century BC. The capital belonged to a freestanding column that supported a statue, perhaps of a sphinx. Archaeological Museum in Paroikia, Paros.
Cypriot Greek Architechtural Support Column
The major features of the Ionic order are the volutes of its capital, which have been the subject of much theoretical and practical discourse, based on a brief and obscure passage in Vitruvius. The only tools required were a straight-edge, a right angle, string (to establish half-lengths) and a compass. Below the volutes, the Ionic column may have a wide collar or banding separating the capital from the fluted shaft, Or a swag of fruit and flowers may swing from the clefts formed by the volutes, or from their "neck."
Fragments of the frieze of the Temple of Artemis Leukophryene at Magnesia ad Maeandrum @musée du Louvre
Temple of Artemis Leukophryene, Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Turkey)
Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Asia Minor (Turkey)
Early second century BC
High relief and bas-relief, marble
Since 1843, the Louvre has housed one of the most important groups of architectural sculptures in the world.
The forty-three panels of the Ionic frieze of the Temple of Artemis Leukophryene ("with white eyebrows") at Magnesia ad Maeandrum make up the largest group of architectural sculptures in the Louvre.
Forty-three panels and fragments in the Louvre's collections which, along with numerous other sculpted panels, decorated the frieze of the Temple of Artemis at Magnesia ad Maeanderum, southeast of Ephesus.
The temple was built in the early second century BC and consecrated to a local deity, Artemis Leukophryene, known only to the Magnesians.
Some people consider her to be the descendant of an ancient Phrygian mother goddess. Others compare her with the Artemis honored at Ephesus. She probably had the general features of Artemis (huntress, mistress and protector of animals, etc.) but was also considered the founder and benefactress of the town.
The reliefs depict an amazonomachy, or battle between Greek warriors and Amazons. The edifice was mentioned by Vitruvius as being the work of the architect Hermogenes who developed certain innovations circa 200-190 BC.
The amazonomachy is conventional and repetitive, with groups of Greek warriors and Amazons fighting on foot and on horseback. The iconography is still very similar to the patterns devised in the fourth century BC, as on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, although the proportions of the figures are less massive in the Magnesia frieze. The violence of the fighting is rendered by oblique lines giving rhythm to the composition - rearing horses, the positions of duelists, and wounded fighters collapsed on the ground.
The building was designed by the architect Hermogenes. Hermogenes favored eustyle, that is to say columns two and a quarter diameters apart. The pediment of the temple had openings to allow the goddess to appear. Finally, a continuous frieze nearly 175 meters long, whose reliefs are now in Paris, Istanbul, and Berlin, ran around the building - a feature hitherto unknown in Ionic temples in Asia Minor.
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Taormina is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content. Taormina can be reached via highways from Messina from the north and Catania .Just south of Taormina is the Isola Bella, a nature reserve. Tours of the Capo Sant' Andrea grottos are also available. Taormina is built on an extremely hilly coast, and is approximately a forty-five minute drive away from Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.A stay at Taormina is not just a seaside vacation. This area, rich in charm and history, must be experienced in a spirit that is outside the ordinary, and for one simple reason: here, everything is extraordinary. Every stone is a thousand-year-old piece of history, the glorious sea reflects Taormina's beauty, as it shapes and marks the passage of time, and the places that enchanted the Greeks create to this day a vibrant and exciting ambiance. But trying to describe in words what makes Taormina unique is truly difficult.
Taormina ist eine Stadt mit 11.076 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2010) an der Ostküste Siziliens. Die Gründung der Stadt geht auf die Sikuler zurück, die schon vor der griechischen Kolonisation auf den Terrassen des Monte Tauro siedelten. Im 4. Jahrhundert vor Christus wurde die Stadt griechisch. Die heutige Stadt ist eine Neugründung aus dem Mittelalter, nachdem die Araber die antike Stadt zerstört hatten.Auf Grund der malerischen Landschaft, des milden Klimas und zahlreicher historischer Sehenswürdigkeiten entwickelte sich die Stadt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu einem der wichtigsten Touristenzentren Siziliens. Besonders bekannt und sehenswert sind das antike Theater mit Blick auf den Ätna und den Golf von Giardini-Naxos und die kleine Insel Isola Bella vor der Küste Taorminas.
Taormina (griego antiguo Ταυρομένιον, Tauromenion, latín Tauromenium) es una ciudad situada en la costa este de la isla de Sicilia (Italia), en la provincia de Mesina, a medio camino entre Mesina y Catania. Cuenta con 10.991 habitantes.Está casi en el límite de la provincia de Catania, se extiende por el monte Tauro, a 200 m de altitud, y se halla en un balcón sobre el mar, enfrente del volcán Etna. Es un centro turístico muy importante desde el siglo XIX.Posee magníficas playas (accesibles mediante teleférico) y un patrimonio histórico muy rico, cuyo máximo exponente es el célebre teatro greco-romano. Además, se conserva un castillo árabe, que ocupa el lugar de la antigua ciudadela o Arx.Taormina y el volcán Etna al fondo, desde el teatro griego.La ciudad fue fundada por los griegos en el 736 a. C., con el nombre de Naxos.La leyenda cuenta que los marinos griegos que pasaban por la costa oriental de Sicilia olvidaron realizar sacrificios en honor a Poseidón, y él, encolerizado, les hizo naufragar. El único superviviente, Teocles, llegó al Capo Schico, próximo a Naxos, y volvió a Grecia para contar las maravillas de Sicilia, convenciendo a sus compatriotas para instalarse en la isla.
Taormine, en italien Taormina, est une commune de la province de Messine en Sicile (Italie).Taormine est située sur la côte est de la Sicile, à peu près à mi-chemin entre Messine et Catane (50 km), presque à la limite de la province de Catane.Elle s’étend sur le Mont Tauro à 200 m d’altitude. La ville est en balcon sur la mer face à l’Etna. La Calabre, distante d'environ 30 km, est visible par temps clair ainsi que la nuit.La légende dit que des marins grecs, passant sur la côte orientale de la Sicile, avaient oublié de sacrifier à Neptune. Celui-ci, en colère, fit chavirer leur embarcation. Le seul survivant, Théocle, parvint au Cap Schiso, non loin du site de Naxos (aujourd'hui Giardini-Naxos). Il retourna ensuite en Grèce pour narrer à ses compatriotes les merveilles de la Sicile. Certains, convaincus, décidèrent de venir s’y installer.
Taormina è un comune di 10.991 abitanti della provincia di Messina. E' uno dei centri balneari di maggiore rilievo di tutta la regione. Il suo aspetto, il suo paesaggio, i suoi luoghi, le sue bellezze riescono ad attirare turisti provenienti da tutto il mondo.Situata su una collina a 206 m di altezza sul livello del mare , sospesa tra rocce e mare su un terrazzo del monte Tauro, in uno scenario di bellezze naturali unico per varietà e contrasti di motivi , splendore di colori e lussureggiante vegetazione.Il clima è dolcemente mite.Molto belle le mezze stagioni , Primavera e Autunno infatti vantano un clima idealmente mite.La storia di Taormina è sicuramente costellata da molteplici dominazioni, e questo è possibile vederlo passeggiando per le strade del centro storico che mostrano i segni lasciati dai vari popoli passati per Taomina. Essendo situata al centro del mediterraneo la Sicilia fu sempre una preda ambita per la sua posizione strategica di passaggio.Taormina essendo situata sulla parte est e in posizione fortificata su una collina permetteva già da allora di controllare buona parte della costa ionica e ha sempre rappresentato un ottimo punto di fortificazione e controllo nelle strategie di guerra. Dopo aver attestato l'esistenza di una sede di siculi ( antichi abitanti dell'isola, detti anche sicani) presso Taormina, per certo vi passarono e vi lasciarono le loro tracce I Greci, i Romani, i Saraceni, dunque gli Arabi, i Bizantini ,I Normanni , Gli Aragonesi , e per ultimi i Borboni.Un soggiorno a Taormina non è semplicemente una vacanza al mare. Questi luoghi, pregni di storia e di fascino, chiedono infatti di essere vissuti con uno spirito diverso da quello comune e la ragione è semplice: qui tutto è fuori
dall'ordinario.Ogni pietra reca in sé una storia millenaria, il mare meraviglioso su cui Taormina riflette tutta la sua bellezza, condiziona e scandisce lo scorrere del tempo ed i luoghi che furono l'incanto dei greci trasmettono tutt'oggi un'atmosfera vibrante di emozioni. Ma tentare di descrivere con le parole ciò che rende unica Taormina è davvero difficile.
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Roman-period (mid second century) Ionic columns and capitals re-erected at the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Pergamon. These elements decorated the north side of the portico that extended around the enormous rectangular forecourt of the enclosure.
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Taken at the Jefferson Memorial. Note the security guard in the photo. He's quite blurry as the capture took several seconds in the low light.
A fine example of a Roman Ionic capital from the large Baths of Hadrian's villa, Tivoli. The capital has been set back into place in the frigidarium of the Baths. Probably second century.
Another view of the same capital:
Royal Pavilion, formerly farmhouse. Built for the Prince of Wales (1762-1830). 4 distinct building campaigns: a double-fronted farmhouse from the 1770s which the Prince's architect, Henry Holland, added to in 1787-88, refacing it in cream-coloured mathematical tile; third phase, involving primarily interior works, of 1801-08, when William Porden assumed control of the works; fabric largely untouched during this period, Porden's work consisting of additions to the subsidiary buildings, the Stables and Riding School, now the Corn Exchange and Dome Theatre... HISTORICAL NOTE: In 1786, one year after his secret marriage to Mrs Fitzherbert, the Prince took the lease on a farmhouse built in the 1770s and owned by Thomas Kemp; this structure -- a double-fronted building of 2 storeys and 3-window range, with 2 full-height canted bays to Old Steine -- can still be seen through later alterations, in the south range of the present east front. The second phase of the building began in the summer of 1787, when the Prince instructed Henry Holland, his architect for the grand works at Carlton House, to enlarge the premises. Holland duplicated the 2-bayed farmhouse to the north, connecting the 2 sections by the Saloon, a domed rotunda with a circular colonnade; at the rear he constructed a long corridor, which would later form the basis for the current Chinese Gallery of 1815 and 1822. The saloon, with shallow domed ceiling, is extant, though overlaid by Nash's Mughal-inspired decoration. Holland also converted the canted bays of the farmhouse into segmental ones. To the rear, or west elevation Holland built 2 projecting wings, each pedimented; on axis with the rotunda he constructed a tetrastyle portico in the Ionic order with a pediment above. The rough outline of this U-shaped courtyard can still be seen under Nash's additions. The Prince and Holland planned to erect a wing to the south, similar to that on the north and containing the King's apartments; this was never completed. At the end of Holland's works in 1788, the structure was named the "Marine Pavilion". Absent from Brighton between 1796 and 1800, the Prince commissioned no new works until July of 1801, when Holland proposed to sheath his earlier works in Chinese ornament; only interior decorations in this manner were carried out, being completed in 1804. Between 1801 and 1804 the firm of Crace was first employed on the interior decoration. There are no architectural remains of the first "oriental" phase. Holland also added 2 new wings to the east elevation; these projecting at obtuse angles towards the Steine; although replaced by the Music and Banqueting rooms, these rooms would mark the furthest extent of the east elevation. In 1803 Porden replaced Holland and made plans to continue the "exoticisation" of the exterior. In 1805 Humphrey Repton was called in to landscape the grounds. EH Listing
The Mail Exchange Building's Ionic columned façade on the Spencer Street facáde, Melbourne, Australia.
Built in 1917 for postal use, it's now a non-accommodation hotel/bar venue for drinks and dining only on the lower floor. So what uses the upper floors have been put to, I've yet to find out.
Post Script:
Further information taken from the history provided and quoted from the Mail Exchange Hotel's web site: www.mailexchangehotel.com.au/
"A building steeped in history.
The Mail Exchange building has two significant histories.
The early history of the site, prior to the erection of the building, where Robert Hoddle acquired the land from the Crown and constructed a two-storey Georgian home and gardens and lived in, until his death in 1881.
Robert Hoddle was the first Surveyor-General of Victoria and is credited with the physical layout of the streets of inner Melbourne, these days referred to as 'the Hoddle Grid'.
Hoddle acquired the land in 1837 after he conducted the first public auction of crown land in Victoria under instruction from Sir Richard Bourke, the Governor of New South Wales, the namesake of Bourke Street and the man who named our city 'Melbourne', after, the British Prime Minister.
The second and more recent history is the now restored Mail Exchange building and its use by its then-owner, the Post Master General’s Department.
The site was acquired from the descendants of Robert Hoddle at the turn of the Century and construction on the Mail Exchange Building began in 1913. It was completed four years later in 1917.
Designed by Commonwealth Home Affairs architect John Smith Murdoch (1862 - 1945). Murdoch was Australia’s first Commonwealth Government architect and went on to design the Old Parliament House, completed in 1927.
Originally built to relieve the congestion at the nearby Melbourne GPO on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke Streets, it was a conscious effort to modernise the postal system in the early 20th Century.
Over the years, the building has been known as the Chief Parcels Office, the Parcels Post Building, the Postal Workshops, even for a period (1917 - 1964), as the General Post Office.
Subsequently, it became the Melbourne Mail Centre and more recently, the Mail Exchange, the signage of which, is still clearly identifiable on both facades.
The building was administered by the Post Master General’s Department until 1975, when the Department was separated into Telecom (now Telstra) and Australia Post.
When Australia Post vacated the building, it was subsequently acquired in the mid-1980s as the headquarters for the Figgins Shoe empire.
With the eventual relocation of the Figgins Group in 2006, restoration became possible and the building underwent a progressive and significant, internal and external upgrade, which culminated in the final element - the Mail Exchange Hotel - which opened October 2010 in a brand new entrance at 688 Bourke Street".
Seneca Lumber Company is spraying one or more of these chemicals: glyphosate and imazapyr & metsulfuron methyl and triclopyr with and sulfometuron methyl;
using one or more of these chemical additives: MSO Concentrate and Conquer and Crosshair and Surface (non-ionic surfactant).
This is near Days Creek Oregon, next to a tributary to Woods Creek.
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The Indiana World War Memorial stands on a raised terrace approached by a wide monumental staircase. The structure has four identical faces. On each face an Ionic screen of six columns, behind which are tall banks of windows, and is surmounted by symbolic standing figures designed by Henry Hering: Courage, Memory, Peace, Victory, Liberty, and Patriotism. The sculptures are repeated on each façade.
On the south side, standing on a pink granite base in the center of the grand access stairs, is Hering's colossal exultant male nude bronze Pro Patria (1929); it is 24 feet (7.3 m) high, weighs seven tons, and was the largest cast bronze sculpture in the United States.
The north and south entrances are guarded by shield-bearing limestone lions, and on each corner of the terrace sits an urn. The pyramidal roof is stepped and has a lantern on top.
Above the tall bronze doors on each side is the inscription "To vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the world."
The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza is an urban feature located in Indianapolis, Indiana, originally built to honor the veterans of World War I. The five-city-block plaza was conceived in 1919 as a location for the national headquarters of the American Legion and a memorial to the state's and nation's veterans. At the north end of the plaza is the American Legion Mall, which is the site of the administration buildings of the Legion, as well as a memorial cenotaph. South of that is the Veterans Memorial Plaza with its obelisk.
The centerpiece of the plaza is the Indiana World War Memorial, modeled after the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Within is a military museum, the Shrine Room, and an auditorium.
At the south end is University Park, the oldest part of the plaza, filled with statues and a fountain. On October 11, 1994, the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza was designated a National Historic Landmark District.
The origins of the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza lay in a 1919 attempt by the city of Indianapolis to lure the newly formed American Legion from its temporary headquarters in New York City. The American Legion, chartered by Congress in 1919 after World War I, is an organization of veterans that sponsors youth programs, promotes patriotism and national security, and provides commitment to Americans who have served in the armed forces.
Three Indianapolis veterans wanted to attract the Legion to the city, which already had the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. At an American Legion national convention in Minneapolis during November 1919, cities sent representatives to lobby to become the new headquarters. Indianapolis drew support because of its central location within the United States and the city's shows of patriotism. Although Washington, D.C. received the most votes on the first ballot, Indianapolis gained a majority and won the second with 361 votes out of 684 cast.
The city and state then had to provide a location, and one of the promises the city made was to erect a fitting memorial to those who served in World War I. Thus, in January 1920 a public library, St. Clair Park, University Park, and two occupied city blocks were designated as the site for the plaza, with one new building for the American Legion to use as their national headquarters, various public buildings, and a war memorial. The Indiana War Memorial Bill was passed in July 1920 and appropriated $2 million for construction and land. Work began in 1921. The city and state reached an agreement whereby the city would pay for the site and maintenance costs, while the State of Indiana would pay for the memorial's construction.
Work on the actual memorial to the veterans of World War I began in early 1926. General John Pershing laid the cornerstone of the memorial on July 4, 1927, saying he was "consecrating the edifice as a patriotic shrine". Funding problems in 1928 slowed the building of the interior. Even a new contractor in 1931 and $195,000 provided by the Public Works Administration in 1936 did little to speed the process of completing the structure. Although its interior was incomplete, it was dedicated on November 11, 1933 (Veterans Day) by Governor Paul McNutt and Lt. Gen. Hugh Drum, Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
In 1949 a local newspaper reported that the memorial was already deteriorating, its limestone scaling, paint peeling, leaks forming, and plaster cracking; further reports were published in 1961. Despite proposals to instead develop the area, the memorial and surrounding landscaping were finally finished in 1965.
The Barrow Mansion, also known as the Ionic House, at 83 Wayne Street in the Van Vorst Historic District, was built between 1835 and 1837 for Dr. William Barrow. Barrow, who acquired the land from his brother-in-law, Cornelius Van Vorst, was one of the founders of the Township of Van Vorst and mayor of Jersey City from 1860-1861.
The wooden Greek Revival structure has five Ionic columns gracing a two-story portico. The columns divide the building into four equal bays, effecting an offset center hall. As the columns are evenly spaced, the front door is not in the center, but set off to the right The interior of late Federal-early Greek Revival style with some Victorian décor features a ballroom, carved Italian marble fireplaces and twelve-foot ceilings.
The mansion stood alongside the Van Vorst Mansion, separated only by a lawn, and near the Van Vorst family farmhouse. In 1874 Van Vorst sold his home to Dr. Benjamin Edge and it was later demolished in the 1920s.
The Y.M.C.A. bought the Barrow Mansion in the 1890s, adding a rifle range and gymasium. St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church purchased the residence in 1897 and used it as a parish house. The pistol range was converted to a two-lane bowling alley in the basement. The following year St. Matthew's Church was built on the lawn between the Barrow and Van Vorst mansions. The church flourished until the 1920s and the former mansion and parish house became a lively and popular social center.
The mansion feel into disrepair until the founding of the Barrow Mansion Development Corporation in 1984 that received grants in 1992 and 1995 from the New Jersey Historic Trust and other grantors for building restoration. It is currently used as a community center and is home of the Attic Ensemble, a resident theater company.
Barrow Mansion New Jersey State Register (1976)
Barrow Mansion National Register #77000872 (1977)
Van Vorst Park Historic District National Register #80002490 (1980)
Van Vorst Park Historic District New Jersey State Register (1978)
Photographed from the top of Pyke's grain elevator.
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*ionic* Logs for the long winter, Blue Jay Birds in Motion, GBBT floor black cobblestone invert, Apple Fall Old Manufactory
Column capitals of the Ionic and Corinthian orders have been found in the civic basilica of Pompeii (excavated between 1813-1816). The capitals have been fashioned from tuff (often written as "tufa"); the style here "Pompeian Ionic." This capital belonged to one of four great columns at the entrance stair to the basilica. The dating of the basilica is not certain: ca. 120-100 BCE.
"The capitals are flamboyantly carved into corkscrew volutes like ram's horns that are trimmed with palmettes carried on branches that curl back from the volute to bring the palmettes up to the abacus. The echinus is an egg molding of exaggerated plasticity, finished below with an astragal on a deep, plain collar above the top of the fluting. The abacus is a cyma reversa. The general effect is baroque, the designer having been eager to exploit the possibilities of his material."
Quote from Richardson, L., Pompeii: An Architectural History (second printing, 1989) 96.
Classical Greek architecture the inspiration of many public buildings in the West .
Brisbane City Hall 1920 - 1930
King George Square
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Classical columns in the gardens for the pergola at Eltham Palace, south-east London. These date from the 18th century and originally stood at the Bank of England.
National Register of Historic Places listing
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The Edward Moody King House, located at 512 Finley Street in Dyersburg, Tennessee, is a significant example of Classical Revival architecture, built circa 1905-1907 for Edward Moody King and his wife, Mary Stevens King. The property, encompassing a 1.25-acre lot, was purchased in 1900 after the couple’s previous home burned down, prompting them to acquire and briefly reside in the nearby Minnick House, which likely inspired the design of their new residence. Constructed on lots 23 and part of 25 in the Fowlkes Addition, a prestigious residential area of Dyersburg at the time, the house was possibly designed by Memphis architect George Mahan, though documentation is inconclusive. The Kings, tied to the prominent Stevens Lumber Company (later E.M. King Lumber Company), owned the property until their deaths in 1940, after which it passed to their daughter Zelda Gilbert and later to their son E.M. King, Jr., with current ownership held by E.M. King, III and Mary Louise King. The house, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, stands as Dyersburg’s largest and most intact Classical Revival residence, surrounded by modern commercial properties but retaining its historical and architectural integrity.
Architecturally, the Edward Moody King House is a grand, two-story brick structure distinguished by its Classical Revival features, including a symmetrical facade, colossal Ionic columns, and expansive porticos. The south facade, facing Finley Street, is dominated by a semi-circular, two-story portico with six massive wooden Ionic columns and a deep frieze with dentil trim, complemented by brick quoins and three gabled dormers with Palladian windows. The east facade, along King Avenue, mirrors this grandeur with a similar portico, while the west elevation features a porte cochere with Doric columns and a flat roof with a balustrade. A two-story outbuilding, serving as a garage and servants’ quarters, and remnants of a formal rose garden with concrete pathways and a circular flower box, enhance the property’s historical character.
On the western façade of the C.C. Little Building (1925).
University of Michigan central campus, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Right-side Ionic capitaedl column at the entrance to the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, CA.
IONIC COAST
...EX RIVER BURNETT
Australian
River Burnett 1947-1973.
ON: 179776
LR/IMO/ID:5297127
Year:1947
Name:RIVER BURNETT
Type:Cargo ship
Flag:AUS
Launch Date:22.3.47
Date of completion:9.47
Owner: Australian Govt., AUS Brisbane.
Builder: Evans, Deakin & Co., Brisbane.
Link:1733
Yard No:20
V1947 #493
GRT:5,033
DWT:8,525
LOA:136.9
LPP:129.5
Beam:17.3
1Tx-11 knots.
1957 transferred to Australian Coast Sg Commission, AUS Brisbane. Same name.
1965 sold to Australine Sg Co Inc., LBR Monrovia, r/n IONIC COAST
1967 sold to Devon SS Corp., LBR Monrovia, r/n ILISSOS
1968 detained at Saigon since 4.68
1973 BU Kaohsiung 9.73
Thanks to Miramar Ship Index.
RIVER BURNETT 5,033 gross tons. 2,888 net. Lbd: 449'1" x 56'8" x 24'7". Built 1947 by Evans Deakin & Co Ltd., Brisbane for the the Australian Government. Transferred to the Australian Shipping Board October 1947. February 1957 transferred to the Australia National Line. April 1965 - sold to Australine Shipping Co. Inc., Liberia renamed Ionic Coast. 1967 sold to Devon Steamship Corp, Liberia renamed Ilissos. April 1968 detained at Saigon until sold 1973 to D L Wirth Corporation North Hollywood, September 1973 left Saigon in tow for Kaohsiung for demolition.
Photo Credits: Harry Stott USA
This is Kiftsgate Court in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. It is south west from Stratford-upon-Avon.
We came here for an afternoon in the gardens (Kiftsgate Court Gardens).
This is the late 19th century manor house.
After a rainy day before I was glad we got out, on what turned out to be a lovely warm afternoon.
The house is not viewable to the general public (it is still lived in by the owners, who maintain the garden.
A history of Kiftsgate Court www.kiftsgate.co.uk/history.shtml
Kiftsgate Court was built in 1887-91 by Sydney Graves Hamilton who owned the large manor house in Mickleton, An ancestor of his, Walwyn Graves (1744-1813), had built a Georgian front with a high portico on to Mickleton Manor, and it was this facade which was moved bodily up to the new site on Glyde Hill to become Kiftsgate Court. A special light railway was constructed up the elm avenue to do this and the records state that it was 'all to be done in the best manner possible and none but the very best material used'. Unfortunately a large Victorian back was built behind the Georgian facade.
It is a Grade II listed building.
Facade Kiftsgate Court. Late C18. Remainder of house was built in
a Cl7 style between 1887-91, and is not of listable quality.
Facade built for Walwyn Graves (born 1744, died 1813). Ashlar
garden facade, extending around gable end of projecting wing, left,
along right wall of wing, then at right angles along rear of main
body of house projecting forwards slightly at centre continuing
around its right gable end. 2 storeys with piano nobile. Gable
end of projecting wing left comprises single storey portico
supported by 8 Ionic columns, at front, with one single and one
engaged column to either side. Stone balustrade links the columns,
broken for access at sides. Parapet over portico. Twin gabled,
gable end behind portico with moulded eaves cornice with dentil
decoration and string which continue around right wall and across
facade of main body. Two, 2-light sashes with horns with moulded
architraves to first floor 4 similar windows to first floor along
right wall of wing. Former pedimented doorway in right wall of
wing, towards gable end, comprising 6-pane, C20 door flanked by
engaged Ionic columns with 6-pane sash windows to either side,
flanked by Ionic pilasters. Lower part of doorway blocked.
Similar doorway and door towards right, in gable end, with 2-light
stone mullioned casement to left, part glazed C20 plank door far
left. Windows across main facade of right wing 2:2:2 with moulded
architraves splayed at bottom with flat lintels with cushion
mouldings moulded windows flanking central glazed ground floor door
with keystones. Continuous string, forms sill of upper windows.
All windows 2-pane sashes with horns. Rusticated ground floor with
pedimented, projecting central portico above. Pediment supported
by 6 Ionic columns at front with single free-standing columns at
either side running back to Ionic pilasters, all linked by a stone
balustrade. Central first floor doorway from portico with lugged
architrave and triangular pediment supported on long, thin
decorated brackets over. C20 glazed door within. History: the
facade, built for Walwyn Graves (died 1813) was previously attached
to Middleton Manor and was moved up hill from there by Sydney
Graves Hamilton who built Kiftsgate Court 1887-91 (q.v.).
West Facade At Kiftsgate Court - Heritage Gateway
Table and chairs.
Danson Park was built for Alderman, later Sir John, Boyd, between 1762 and 1766 by Sir Robert Taylor, with additions by William Chambers. It was first known as Banson Hall. The park was the responsibility of 'Capability' Brown in 1761. The interior contains a central oval staircase with cantilevered stone steps and wrought-iron balusters. It has a gallery of eight ionic coumns at first-floor level supporting an enriched cornice without modillions, as seen here. The ribbed oval dome above is painted with tromp l'oeil coffering containing rosettes and thunderbolts. The top row of panels is glazed (the glass originally frosted) to let additional light in from the occulus.