Greece Through The Stereoscope (1907) - Couverture souple

Richardson, Rufus Byam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1166190811 ISBN 13 : 9781166190811

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

""Greece Through The Stereoscope"" is a book published in 1907 by Rufus Byam Richardson. The book provides a visual journey through Greece using stereoscopic photographs, which were a popular form of 3D photography at the time. The book features over 100 photographs of famous Greek landmarks and landscapes, including the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and Mount Olympus. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief description of the location and its historical significance. The book also includes an introduction by the author, in which he discusses the importance of stereoscopic photography and his own experiences traveling through Greece. Overall, ""Greece Through The Stereoscope"" offers a unique and immersive perspective on Greece's rich cultural heritage and natural beauty.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Lysikrates Monument, oldest structure of Corinthian order, great Acropolis wall at west northwest 76 17 Splendid columns of temple ofO lympian Zeus Parthenon crowned Acropolis at northwest 78 18 Crowds gathering at restored Stadion (southeast), for 20th century celebration of old games 81 19 Looking southwest overT heatre of Dionysos, where masterpieces of Greek drama were given 84 20 Seat of honor for Priest of Dionysos, north side Theatre of 4th century B. 0. below Acropolis 87 21 The best preserved temple in all Greece, theD oric Theseion of time-yellowed marble 89 22 Monument of the Two Sisters and tombs of Greek worthies of 2400 years ago, (northwest), A thens.. 92 23 Tower of theW inds, a weather-bureau and townclock of 2,000 years ago on a street in A thens... 95 24 The Triple-bodied Monster, a curious ancient sculpture Acropolis Museum 97 25 Sepulchral vases whose proportions and contours are still ideal in beauty. National Musetun [100 26 Athena Parthenos, reduced from Phidias gold and ivory statue (E leusinian relief at left) loa 27 Piraeus, A thens seaport, and outlook west overS amis, where Greeks defeated Persians, 480 B.C. 106 28 The Thriasian Plain and distant Eleusis on the bay east southeast fromM andra toward A thens.... 109 29 Initiation Hall of theM ysteries long frequented by the devout (north northwest), Eleusis 112 30 Seats inH all of Mysteries once occupied by the wise and great, south southwest to bay, Eleusis 115 31 The mountains look on Marathon and Marathon looks on the sea northeast over battle-ground. 119 32 Grave-mound of Greek heroes who routed the outnumbering Persians, 490 B. 0.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1166190811
• ISBN 13: 9781166190811
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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