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The Sicily Report THETHE SICILYSICILY REPORTREPORT DecemberDecember 20072007 -- JanuaryJanuary 20082008 SiciliaSicilia AntiquaAntiqua SegestaSegesta SelinunteSelinunte CaveCave dede CusaCusa AgrigentoAgrigento ImeraImera SiracusaSiracusa thethe ElymianElymian temple,temple, Segesta,Segesta, cc 430430 BCBC Temple,Temple, SegestaSegesta easteast stylobatestylobate showingshowing thethe absenceabsence ofof curvaturecurvature Temple,Temple, SegestaSegesta southsouth stylobaestylobae showingshowing thethe liftinglifting bossesbosses Temple, Segesta detail of the entablature showing the adjusted metope spacing Theatre on Monte Barbaro, Segesta, probably C1st BC Theatre at Segesta restoration by Bulle, corrected by Miles Lewis: roof form uncertain modified from Lawrence, Greek Architecture, p 211 theatre,theatre, SegestaSegesta restorationrestoration indicatorindicator view from the theatre, Segesta SELINUNTESELINUNTE Sanctuary of Zeus Meilochios, Selinunte, early C7th BC, reconstructed pediment. Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo Temple C, Selinunte, mid-C5th BC Temple D Selinunte column drum with empolion recess Temple E, Selinunte [reconstructed 1958] Temple E Selinunte capital & entablature friezes from temples C & E Selinunte Museo Archelogico Regionale, Palermo TempleTemple F,F, SelinunteSelinunte,, cc 560560 BCBC Temple F, Selinunte remains of screen wall Selinunte, temple F detail of ordonnance Robertson, Greek & Roman Architecture, p 74 Temple F, Selinunte a capital showing the abacus, echinus & trachelion carved from one block TempleTemple G,G, SelinunteSelinunte from c 540, never completed one of the largest in the Greek world Temple G, Selinunte elevation showing earlier and later columns Robertson, Greek and Roman Architecture, pp 87 Cave de Cusa circular trench to begin the excavation of a column drum Cave de Cusa column drum almost freed from the quarry suggested method of quarrying columns for the temples at Agrigento, by isolation and then undercutting (same as Cave de Cusa) Pietro Arancio [translated Pamela Crichton], Agrigento: History and Ancient Monuments (no place or date [Agrigento (Sicily) 1973), fig 17 AGRIGENTOAGRIGENTO Temple D [‘Juno Lacinia], Agrigento, c 460-440 BC Temple D ['Juno Lacinia'],'], AgrigentoAgrigento floor of the pteroma showing internal curvature Temple D, Agrigento blocks with hoisting grooves Temple F [‘Concord], Agrigento C 560 BC Temple F, Agrigento detail of entablature showing adjusted spacing TempleTemple ofof HerculesHercules AgrigentoAgrigento endend ofof C6thC6th Temple of the Dioscuri Agrigento, c 480-460, and the round altar Temple of Zeus Olympieon, Agrigento, c 480 BC onwards TempleTemple ofof ZeusZeus OlympieonOlympieon,, AgrigentoAgrigento lintellintel stonesstones cutcut forfor liftinglifting method of hoisting a block at Agrigento Josef Durm, Die Baukunst der Grechen, (Darmstadt 1892), p 80 TempleTemple ofof ZeusZeus OlympieonOlympieon,, AgrigentoAgrigento anan atlanteatlante Temple of Zeus Olympieon, Agrigento atlante and reconstruction model in the Agrigento museum Temple of Zeus Olympieon, Agrigento five reconstructions of the ordonnance Agrigento Museum Temple of Zeus Olympieon, Agrigento reconstruction of the ordonnance A W Lawrence, Greek Architecture (Harmondsworth [Middlesex] 1957), p 107 HimeraHimera Temple of Victory, after 480 BC, from above antefix from the upper city Temple of Victory, Himera gargoyle now in the Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo Theatre,Theatre, SiracusaSiracusa,, cc 400400 BCBC ‘Ear of Dionysius’ in the Latomia Quarries Siracusa Temple of Apollo, Siracusa, c 575 BC Duomo Santa Maria del Pilieri, Siracusa, by Andrea Palma, 1728-54 containing the Temple of Athena, c470 BC plans of the Temple of Athena, Siracusa: original and as incorporated into the Cathedral Guido, Sicily, an Archeological Guide, p 178 Siracusa Museum palmette frieze from Naxos Doric frieze from a funerary shrine, Megara Hyblaea crowning finini of a funerary stele, West Necropolis, Megara Hyblaea, C6th BC [proto- Corinthian] Left: Spiral stone, Tarxien, Malta c 3000 BC Valletta Museum Right: Aeolic capital, nd, Palermo Museum Bottom: Aeolic capital, Megara Hyblae, c 600 BC Siracusa Museum The Pietro de Palermo, c 2350 B Meseo Archeologco Regionale, Palermo [view and enhanced photo] coloured fragments from Temple B, Seinunte Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo ionic polychrome capital from Lilibooll [?Lilybaeum ] & restoration rendering Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo MithrasMithras groupgroup Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo Roman lead water pipe Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo Roman lead pipe junction Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo slipper bath [vasco da bagno a pantafolde] Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo stucco polychrome cornice from Solinunto with bucrania & paterae NL 42263, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo thethe NormansNormans left: La Martorana, c 1140 on, with Baroque façade after 1588 extreme right: San Cataldo, before 1161 San Cataldo, Palermo before 1161 plan Stewart, Early Christian, Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture, p 91 SanSan CataldoCataldo:: domedome && squinchessquinches SanSan CataldoCataldo capitalscapitals San Cataldo: Cosmati flooring LaLa MartoranaMartorana TowerTower upper levels later La Martorana dome Christ with archangels eight apostles in the squinches LaLa MartoranaMartorana southern apse: Joachim La Martorana: Cosmati work La Martorana: Cosmati flooring Duomo, Palermo, 1175 onwards Duomo, Palermo south portico, east end Duomo, Palermo apse detail Duomo, Palermo: south wall detail Duomo, Palermo: tombs of Henry II & Roger II LaLa MagioneMagione,, 11501150 La Magione doorway, interior La Magione cloister San Francesco de Assisi, C13th Duomo, Monreale, late C12th: from the cloister Duomo, Monreale: northern apse & arch Duomo, Monreale arch springing Duomo, Monreale: two mosaic scenes of building Noah’s Ark Duomo, Monreale: north side of cloister DuomoDuomo,, MonrealeMonreale fountainfountain inin thethe cloistercloister Duomo, Monreale: windblown foliated capitals in the cloister Duomo, Monreale: cloister arcading Duomo, Monreale cloister arch springing showing the base of the roll moulding Cefalú, from the west Cefalú, from the east Duomo SS Pietro e Paolo, Cefalú, 1131 onwards Duomo, Cefalú: arch springing with impost block; main door Cefalú, cloister, looking north-east Cefalú, cloister, looking south-east Cefalú, cloister, acrobats capital Cefalú, cloister gryphons & crocodiles capital Cefalú, cloister harpies & ibis capital Cefalú, cloister Noah’s Ark capital Palazzo Reale, Palermo, mainly C12th Cappella Palatina: Noah’s Ark Cappella Palatina St Athanasius & St Leo La Zisa, c 1164 onwards La Zisa La Zisa iwan stalactite vault La Zisa iwan mosaics La Zisa excavated plumbing La Zisa detail of drainpipes Ponte dell Ammiraglio, Palermo, 1113 the humanitarian crisis at the Ponte dell Ammiraglio MANNERISMMANNERISM Porta Nuova, Palermo, after 1535, 1667 PortaPorta NuovaNuova Porta Nuova Villa Palagonia, Bagheria, by Tomasso Maria Napoli, 1705 Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia: rear Villa Palagonia: rear gate figures Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia Villa Palagonia VillaVilla PalagoniaPalagonia VillaVilla PalagoniaPalagonia THETHE BAROQUEBAROQUE church, Palermo Santa Lucia alla Badia, Piazza del Duomo, Siracusa Duomo Santa Maria del Pilieri, Siracusa, by Andrea Palma, 1725-54 Ragusa-Ibla: San Giuseppe, C18th; San Giorgio, by Rosario GagliardiGagliardi, 1739-1775 Duomo San Giorgio, Modica Duomo San Giorgio, Modica Duomo San Giorgio, Modica Duomo San Giorgio, Modica Parrochia San Pietro, Modica, after 1693 Santa Maria del Soccorso, Modica, C18th Quattro Canto, Palermo, by Giulio Lsasso, 1608-20, south-west angle THETHE NINETEENTHNINETEENTH CENTURYCENTURY Building A with grotesque balcony brackets, Modica Building B with grotesque balcony brackets, Modica building opposite the Billa Bonanni, Palermo building opposite the Billa Bonanni, Palermo TOWNSCAPETOWNSCAPE Streets near the Palazzo Reale, Palermo Streets in the Kalsa, Palermo Streets in the Kalsa, Palermo Marzipan, Taormina Marzipan, Taormina Christmas parade, Palermo THETHE TWENTIETHTWENTIETH CENTURYCENTURY RuderiRuderi didi GibellinaGibellina 19681968 earthquakeearthquake damagedamage Ruderi di Gibellina ‘Cretti’ by Alberto Burri, 1980s Stella, Ingresso al Belce, Gibellina Nuova by Pietrro Consagro & Sergio Musmeci, 1981 .
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