The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis of Athens was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate the prize i
The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens
The frieze
Original Corinthian capital from the monument, 335 BC.
View of 1900
James "Athenian" Stuart
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James "Athenian" Stuart was a British archaeologist, architect and artist, best known for publishing carefully measured architectural prints, including the smallest details, of key buildings of Ancien
James Stuart as a child, self-portrait
James Stuart, architect, early miniature by Josiah Wedgwood, British Museum
Stuart's highly detailed engravings of detail from classical architecture were studied intensely by architects
Relief of Boreas from the Tower of the Winds in Athens, illustration from The Antiquities of Athens, 1762