John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
An ongoing project by John Fotiadis based on drawings made in Athens and Sounion, Greece in July 2019, as well as related drawings afterwards. Classical…
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The Courtyard of the Zappeion
My new finished drawing of the circular courtyard of the #Zappeion in #Athens #Greece. Black and white charcoal on gray tone paper. Built in 1874 on 80,000 square metres of public land between the Palace Gardens and the ancient Temple of Olympian Zeus, the building was part of the works related to the first modern Olympic Games which occurred in 1896. Today it serves as a pavilion for exhibits and a conference center. The building was designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
Memorializing a very hot July afternoon in 2019, when I spent the better part of a day sketching, photographing, and walking the site. Facing West-Southwest with the majestic Mt. Hymettus in the distance. Construction of this extraordinary building began in the 6th century BC, but it was not completed until the reign of the the great Philhellene Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, some 638 years after the project had begun.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Lycabettus Hill between the Columns of The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
View of Lycabettus Hill from The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens ,Greece. Colored Prismacolor pencil on gray tone paper. A major landmark at 300 meters (908 feet) above sea level, and visible from almost anywhere in the city, Lycabettus summit is the highest point in Athens.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Bust of the Emperor Hadrian
My finished drawing after a "colossal" statue of the great Philhellene emperor #Hadrian I saw at National Archaeological Museum in #Athens last year (2019) as a part of a wonderful exhibit called #hadrianinathens Black and white charcoal on gray tone paper. Hadrian AKA Caesar Traianus Hadrianus (24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was a Roman emperor from 117 to 138 AD. An ardent admirer of Greece, he sought to make Athens the cultural capital of the Empire.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
The Tower of The Winds, Roman Agora, Athens
Last summer in #Athens, I did a field sketch in pencil of the “The Tower of the Winds” or the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes (an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower) in the #RomanAgora in Athens that functioned as a horologion or "timepiece". It is an iconic little building, very distinct in its shape and function. It is considered the world's first meteorological station. White and Black Charcoal on gray tone paper.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Temple of Hephaestus, Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece
A drawing of the North Portico of the #TempleofHephaestus in the #Agora of #Athens #Greece. AKA the #Thesion. From photos and field sketches I did last year from my “Solace of Antiquity” series. Graphite , and pencil on gray tone paper. #αθήνα #ελλάδα #θησείο
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
The Temple of Hephaestus in the Agora, Athens, Greece.
A finished #drawing of The Temple of Hephaestus in the #Agora of #Athens #Greece. This view looks into the west Porch towards the rear Cella wall which has a doorway in it (added later), which in turn reveals the columns of the Pronaos and the Agora beyond. The doorway which connects the rear porch or 'opisthodomos' with the cella on the other side, did not exist in antiquity but was probably added when the building was converted into a church.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
The Temple of Hephaestus (AKA "Thesion"), Athens 1st study.
The first study of this magnificent structure. Looking through the west porch towards the rear cella wall which now has a doorway in it, which as a result now shows the columns of the pronaos and the Agora beyond.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
“The Father of History” - A bust of Herodotus in the Stoa of Attalos, Agora, Athens
A statue of Herodotus that I tripped upon (quite by accident) in the Stoa of Attalos in the ancient Agora in Athens, Greece. I'd been reading "The Histories" all winter and had no idea this statue was there. Happened to exit the building by this column and suddenly I was looking at him eye to eye. From a photo I took.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
A drawing study after a 19th C. Academic drawing of the “Otricoli Zeus”.
This is a copy of a drawing of a cast of “Zeus of Otricoli”. A statue found in Otricoli in 1775 during the excavation financed by Pope Pius VI. It is on display in the Sala Rotonda of the Pio-Clementine Vatican Museum
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”