1880 Folio Engraving - Antique Architectural Print - German Text
ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURAL PIECES, DORIC STYLE
In addition to being the earliest, and the style used in the
Parthenon, the Doric column is also the simplest. Not only does it stand on
the bare floor, but it is topped by a plain capital (a convex disk [called
an echinus] and a square block [called an abacus] formed from a single piece
of marble) instead of the intricate scroll work of the Ionic or elaborate
acanthus leaves of the Corinthian. Just beneath the echinus is the neck of
the column, the hypotrachelion, a continuation of the column but separated
by indentations and decorated with parallel, horizontal rings. The abacus
holds up the architrave, a four-sided stone beam reaching from one pillar
to the next, which, together with the frieze and cornice forms what's called
the entablature. The central part, called the shaft, was made of separate
circular pieces joined together in the center. The exterior of the shaft has
(traditionally, 20) vertical carved ridges, referred to as fluting.
Theodor Schreiber- 1848- 1912 Born Strehla an der Elbe, Saxony, Germany. Died in Leipzing (?), Germany . Schreiber studied at the University of Leipzig where he studied archaeology with Johannes Overbeck (q.v.) and philology with Friedrich Ritschl (1806-1876). In 1874 through a travel stipend from the DAI (Deutsche Archäologische Institut or German Archaeological Institute) he studied in Rome with Wilhelm Henzen (1816-1887) and Wolfgang Helbig (q.v.). He traveled to Greece and after particularly important study in Athens in 1876 he returned to Rome to catalog the Ludovisi family collection of classical sculpture. He completed this in 1880. In 1885 he became associate professor at Leipzig, adding the directorship of the museum in Leipzig the following year. Schreiber published widely on Hellenistic art topics. His Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen was an early study of polychromy in art. The work was produced by Seemann, Ernst Arthur. Kunsthistorische bilderbogen: für den Gebrauch bei akademischen und öffentlichen Vorlesungen, sowie beim Unterricht in der Geschichte und Geschmackslehre an Gymnasien, real- und höheren Töchterschulen zusammengestellt. 2 vols. Leipzig, E. A. Seemann, 1877-80.
Print originates from KUNSTHISTORICHE BILDERBOGEN
Published 1880
Publisher Verlag Von E.A. Seemann - Leipzig
Overall Size: 11 x 14 3/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent engraving. Blank on reverse side. Light soiling.
