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ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper

West Facade of the Propylaia

Dateca. 1870
MediumToned albumen print
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski
Object number1991.012.064
Label TextThe word propylaia means gateways. This monumental entrance to the Acropolis was built by the architect Mnesikles between 437 and 432 BC. Its five central doorways and the projecting north and south wings embrace the approach ramp from the Panathenaic Way. Like the Parthenon, it is constructed in Pentelic marble and combines Doric and Ionic features, and, thus, serves as an introduction to the temple that stands behind it.
Exhibition HistoryThe Eye of Greece: Athens in Nineteenth-Century Photographs, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 25 - November 24, 2004
ProvenanceEx coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States.
Status
Not on view
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