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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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Athens
Greece
Drawings
Architecture
Architectural Sketch
White Charcoal
Black And White
Palace Garden
Classical Antiquity
Toned Paper
Ancient Temples
Athens Greece
Grey Tones
Olympic Games
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.
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Stele
Prismacolor Pencils
Grave
Roman
Element
An architectural ornamental element - this one from the top of a grave stele from the #RomanAgora in #Athens #Greece. Prismacolor pencil on gray tone paper.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Color Studies
Poseidon
Athens
Greece
Cape
A initial color study. The south colonnade of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Attiki, Greece. Prismacolor pencil on gray tone paper
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Omnipresent
Sapiens
Roman Emperor
In 2019
Olympians
Zeus
Reign
Sketching
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.
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Sea Level
Prismacolor
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.
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
January
July
Cultural Capital
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.
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
First World
Time Piece
Charcoal
Marble
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.
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Architectural Sketch
Acropolis
Realistic Drawings
Realism
Sketch Book
Epic
Finaihed drawing from the “Solace of Antiquity” series.
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Portico
Graphite
Aka
Temple
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
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Greece Art
Society6 Art
Buy Frames
Printing Process
Gallery Wall
Purchase
$14.70
The Temple of Hephaestus
Society6
Terms Of Service
Facade
$14.70
The South Facade of the Temple of Poseidon
Society6
Parthenon Athens
Northeast
Ancient Greek
$14.70
The Northeast Corner of the Parthenon
Society6
Still Standing
Landmark
$14.70
The Arch of Hadrian
Society6
From The Ground Up
Twitter Instagram
Mount Rushmore
$17.85
The Father Of History
Society6
Looking Up
Progress
Vintage World Maps
West
Woven
This is a drawing in progress, The #Propylaea of the #Acropolis of #Athens, looking up from the west. #Greece
Located in #Athens #Greece. This landmark is a ceremonial gate still standing in the city center today built c. 130 AD to honor the emperor’s arrival and express thanks for his benefactions to the city.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Ancient Ruins
Field
Architecture
Antiques
Taken from field photos in July, 2019.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Building Drawing
Into The West
The Other Side
Doorway
Columns
Art And Architecture
Exist
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”
Attica
Magnificent
Porch
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.
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John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Exit
Suddenly
Accident
His Eyes
Column
Mystery
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”
Parthenon
Sketches
Based on field sketches and photos taken, July 2019.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Proper
Graphite on paper. The first “proper” drawing of this series. Based on field sketches and photos taken.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
An unfinished first study.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Ancient Greece
Elaborate
A more elaborate drawing developed from a sketch done on site and some photos.
John Fotiadis
John Fotiadis - “The Solace Of Antiquity”
Drawing Studies
Vatican Museums
Pope
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”
