Exploring Art, 1st ed.

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Chapter 3 : The Language of Architecture

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Plate 4 — Jga-0049
Title: The Parthenon
Creator(s): Iktinos
Date: 447 BCE - 432 BCE
View: Total seen along processional way from Propylaea (late afternoon light) (1999)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 447 BCE - 432 BCE
Plate 7 — Mca-0001
Title: Taihe Dian, Imperial Palace, Forbidden City. Ming and Qing Dynasties
Creator(s):
Date: 17th c. and later
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 17th c. and later
Plate 10 — Mfb-0397
Title: Palace of Versailles
Creator(s): Jules Hardouin Mansart Louis Le Vau
Date: begun 1669
View: Hall of Mirrors, 1678-79. Det: mirrors, pilasters, decorative elements
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: begun 1669
Plate 11 — Jia-0876
Title: Trajan's Markets
Creator(s):
Date: 3-37
View: General view of inside arcade with concrete vaulting and individual shop fronts (Tabernae)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 3-37
Plate 12 — Kfa-0337
Title: Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres
Creator(s):
Date: 1194-1260
View: Interior: Nave (view facing E)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1194-1260
Plate 13 — Jia-0002
Title: Pantheon
Creator(s):
Date: 1757 - 1790
View: View of the interior with oculus
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1757 - 1790
Plate 16 — Pub-0073
Title: Falling Water (The Kaufmann House)
Creator(s): Frank Lloyd Wright
Date: 1936-
View: General view from below the falls
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1936-
Plate 24 — Jea-0005
Title: Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Creator(s): Senmut
Date: ca. 1479-1458 BCE
View: Elevated view fr ENE of ramps & terraces of Hatshepsut's Temple in its dramatic setting
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1479-1458 BCE

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