Design for a Temple of Victory commemorating the sacred games of the Greeks and Romans on Mount Ithome
Artist/Photographer | Donaldson, Thomas Leverton (1795-1885) |
Country | Greece |
City | Mount Ithome |
Subject Date | 1821 |
Image Date | 1876 |
View | Aerial |
Style | Roman |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | SR 726.1.032.8 // DON |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Sports buildings ; Temples ; Colonnades |
SOURCE: T. L. Donaldson, Temple a la Victoire, monument commemoratif ... a Messene, dans le Peloponese ... plan geometral ... vue ... avec l'explication historique (Paris, 1876), unnumbered plate NOTES: Donaldson created this design uniting the different buildings used for the ancient games into a single complex with a temple at the centre following his tour in Europe and the Near East.
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