Ionic Capital

Ionic CapitalA print of an Ionic capital the scrolled, double volute crown that defines the Ionic order, one of the three canonical orders of Greek architecture alongside the older Doric and the later, more ornate Corinthian. The Ionic developed in the Greek colonies of western Asia Minor (ancient Ionia, on the coast of modern Turkey) during the 6th century BC. The capital sits at the top of a fluted column and carries the weight of the entablature above. Its most

A print of Bertini's Hector — a 19th century Italian reproductive engraving of the Trojan prince

in the eighth book of the Odyssey

Antique intaglio illustration of the love goddess Aphrodite rejoicing on the waves with her companions

The original bronze was made by Polykleitos of Argos around 420 BC

she completes them

Antique intaglio illustration of Zeus striking down Phaethon

The grip is deliberate

flew above the Chimera out of reach of the flames

Instead he ran it down into its cave

carved when the artist was just 23 and now housed at the Galleria Borghese in Rome

The best surviving Pompeiian frescoes of the subject are held today at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

3 metres) exactly matches the height from the floor to the oculus