Columns Collection (page 7)

Columns of the Temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century
7264831 Columns of the Temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century; Evora, Alto Alentejo, Portugal; (add.info.: Corinthian columns of the Roman temple of Evora, built around the 1st century)

The Pillar of Eliseg
7243376 The Pillar of Eliseg; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pillar of Eliseg, aka Elise's Pillar or Croes Elisedd, near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales)

Gran Teatro de la Habana
Ole Moberg Steffensen

Evidence of knowledge
Andrea Izzotti

the light
fotomarion

Trajan's Column
Nicodemo Quaglia

Rundetårn
Harald Friese

Sevilla
Jean Vandijck

Under the Biggest Bridge
HITOSHI YAMADA

View of the Venereum of the House of Sallust, Reg VI, Ins 2, 3-5,30, Pompeii
FLO4688110 View of the Venereum of the House of Sallust, Reg VI, Ins 2, 3-5,30, Pompeii. The large painting on the rear wall shows Actaeon and Diana. Chromolithograph and illustration by D

View of Parc Monceau in Paris, 1905-10 (b/w photo)
ELD4938578 View of Parc Monceau in Paris, 1905-10 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of Parc Monceau in Paris Postcard 1905 - 1910); Photo © The Holbarn Archive.

View of the staircase of the opera de Paris, 1910 (photo)
ELD4936803 View of the staircase of the opera de Paris, 1910 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of the staircase of the opera de Paris - postcard 1910 ca); Photo © The Holbarn Archive.

Architecture: right nave of the cathedral or Duomo San Pietro in Mantua. Architect
BEN5466569 Architecture: right nave of the cathedral or Duomo San Pietro in Mantua. Architect: Giulio Pippi de' Jannuzzi known as Giulio Romano (Julius Romano) (1492-1546)

The Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving)
6867214 The Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving); (add.info.: The Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon)

Thoronet Abbey. Eastern arcade of the cloister
7125774 Thoronet Abbey. Eastern arcade of the cloister; (add.info.: The Thoronet abbey. Eastern arcade of the cloister. Cistercian abbey built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century)

Outer hypostyle hall ceiling, temple of Hathor, Dendara, Egypt
7058473 Outer hypostyle hall ceiling, temple of Hathor, Dendara, Egypt; Temple of Hathor, Denderah, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini.

Hypostyle columns at Karnak, Egypt, 1841
3480439 Hypostyle columns at Karnak, Egypt, 1841; (add.info.: Hypostyle columns at Karnak, Egypt 1841. By French architect, Hector Horeau; 1801 - 1872.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Tring, Ashridge Park (litho)
8633341 Tring, Ashridge Park (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tring, Ashridge Park, Column in Memory of Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater)

View of Venice: The Piazzetta Seen from the Riva degli Schiavoni, 1835-45 (oil on canvas)
8682927 View of Venice: The Piazzetta Seen from the Riva degli Schiavoni, 1835-45 (oil on canvas) by Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875); 46.7 x 68.6 cm; Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA

Courtyard, Palazzo Portinari-Salviati, Florence, Italy, 1473 (photo)
8679700 Courtyard, Palazzo Portinari-Salviati, Florence, Italy, 1473 (photo) by Bramante, Donato (1444-1514); (add.info.: Architects: Bramante Lazzeri (Ammannati, Allori, Michelozzo)

Roman Cavalry (engraving)
8663110 Roman Cavalry (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman Cavalry. Illustration for The Life and Work of St Paul by F W Farrar (Cassell)

Roman Base and Shaft of Column found in Bridge Street, Chester (engraving)
8663186 Roman Base and Shaft of Column found in Bridge Street, Chester (engraving) by Rimmer, Alfred (1829-1893); Private Collection; (add.info)

Coal-mine, Coal-train, Cobbler, Cobweb, Cock-fight, Coffee, Coffin, Cog-wheel, Collar, Colter, Column
8650041 Coal-mine, Coal-train, Cobbler, Cobweb, Cock-fight, Coffee, Coffin, Cog-wheel, Collar, Colter, Column, Comet (engraving) by German School

Thoronet Abbey. Pillar openings of the cloister
7125777 Thoronet Abbey. Pillar openings of the cloister; (add.info.: The Thoronet abbey. Pillar openings of the cloister. Cistercian abbey built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century)

Thoronet Abbey. Eastern arcade of the cloister
7125775 Thoronet Abbey. Eastern arcade of the cloister; (add.info.: The Thoronet abbey. Eastern arcade of the cloister. Cistercian abbey built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century)

Arcades in the Cloister of the Thoronet Abbey
7125767 Arcades in the Cloister of the Thoronet Abbey; (add.info.: Arcades in the Cloister of the Thoronet Abbey. Cistercian abbey built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century)

Remains of the Macellum of Pozzuoli, southern Italy, rom The Universe or, The Infinitely Great
7125184 Remains of the Macellum of Pozzuoli, southern Italy, rom The Universe or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little, published 1882; (add.info.: Pozzuoli); Photo © Ken Welsh

Outer hypostyle hall ceiling, temple of Hathor, Dendara, Egypt
7058475 Outer hypostyle hall ceiling, temple of Hathor, Dendara, Egypt; Temple of Hathor, Denderah, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini.

Temple of Hathor, Dendara, Egypt
7058469 Temple of Hathor, Dendara, Egypt; Temple of Hathor, Denderah, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini.

The temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century
7264829 The temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century; Evora, Alto Alentejo, Portugal; (add.info.: The Corinthian Roman temple of Evora, built around the 1st century)

Angels Pillar (Pillar of the last Judgement), 12th century (sculpture)
8617811 Angels Pillar (Pillar of the last Judgement), 12th century (sculpture); Cite de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Paris

detail of a column, capital, Corinthian style, 5th century (marble)
UIG5416332 detail of a column, capital, Corinthian style, 5th century (marble); (add.info.: Roman-byzantine scupture. White marble. Constantinople. Second half of the 5th century)

Architecture: Capital and column of the Cinquecento Hall designed by Simone del Pollailo (Il Cronaca)
BEN5476938 Architecture: Capital and column of the Cinquecento Hall designed by Simone del Pollailo (Il Cronaca, 1454-1508) and redecorated by Giorgio Vasari and his studio (1511-1574)

Lady (or Galilee chapel) Durham Cathedral, 19th century (engraving)
6266150 Lady (or Galilee chapel) Durham Cathedral, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Interior of the Lady Chapel in Durham Cathedral, Durham, England)

A dome supported on columns
5308086 A dome supported on columns.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a dome supported on columns, standing on a base. Wound round four columns are two parallel inclined rails down which a ball)

Statue of a caryatid
7278267 Statue of a caryatid; Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of a caryatid, a sculpture representing a woman. It is used in architecture in place of a column or pillar in portals)

The Women of Eleusis, 1931 (painting)
7332428 The Women of Eleusis, 1931 (painting) by Delville, Jean (1867-1953); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium; (add.info.: Musee des Beaux-Arts, Hainaut, Belgium.); © Paul Maeyaert

Palace of Diocletian Croatia - Luxor Restaurant in the Roman Diocletian Palace, World Heritage Site, Old town of Split
IMB4872123 Palace of Diocletian Croatia - Luxor Restaurant in the Roman Diocletian Palace, World Heritage Site, Old town of Split, Split, Croatia

View of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland
FLO4727943 View of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Hypostyle columns at Ramasseum, Egypt, 1841
3480441 Hypostyle columns at Ramasseum, Egypt, 1841; (add.info.: Hypostyle columns at Ramasseum, Egypt 1841. By French architect, Hector Horeau; 1801 - 1872)

The Alexander Column, 1830
3507629 The Alexander Column, 1830; (add.info.: The Alexander Column in front of the General Staff Building on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia)

The Alexander Column, 1830
3507612 The Alexander Column, 1830; (add.info.: The Alexander Column in front of the General Staff Building on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia)

In The Forum, looking towards the Capitol, Rome, Italy in the late 19th century. From Italian Pictures by Rev
2963162 In The Forum, looking towards the Capitol, Rome, Italy in the late 19th century. From Italian Pictures by Rev. Samuel Manning, published c.1890

Bent abbey
Yohan Borca

Gran Teatro de la Habana
Ole Moberg Steffensen

Evidence of knowledge
Andrea Izzotti

the light
fotomarion

Trajan's Column
Nicodemo Quaglia

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