Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller.

  • Karl Otfried Müller
Date:
1852
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    diameter. Lepsius in the Annali d. Inst, ix, 2. p. 65. 99. tav. d'agg. (be- fore the Hyksos?), Mon. ii. 45., on the original similarity of the Dorio and the Egyptian columns, with little knowledge of architecture [a chan- nelled pillar also in Indian architecture, §. 249]. 2. Athenseus v. p. 206 (comp. §. 150, 2) describes the first sort very accurately: O/ ya§ yiyovimq ccvro^i Kiovts dvyiyouTO ar^oyyvT^oi, S/stXAar- rovTfs rol; wovlvT^oii (cylinders), rov fceu f/,i'Kxvos rov It Kivx-ov, TetfaTvA/iXa TtBe^hcov. EiVi S* eturiiv kcci cti x.i(pccKu,l ra ax'^lf^oi.ri -Tre^Kpiqel;, au it f^i o'x»j Tri^iyqxipYi TTot.^cie.TrMaU polois ivl (aik^ou dvctTrfTrTetfciuoi; iarlv. ■Trt^i oi rov TT^oaxyo^evof^evov x.othct'hov ovx t>.inii, KX^»-7rtq M tmv ' EhT^nviKuv, ku.1 (pv'h'Xtx. T^oixi» -Tre^iKiirxi, T^eoreov Be 'jrorotfiiuu x.it7^vnig icetl (poiviicuv d^tji'ha.v- ruv Kct^os' hrt S' ore x.ci\ v'Kuovuv oLKKuv dv^im yty'hVTrreii ybn. to J VTTo rvjv pl^etv, o ^ ru avvotirrovrt ■xqos t'tii/ Mqixhyiv tTcUura,! oTrovlv-hcfi, Kifia- The capital of the second kind is, according to Ritter, Erdkunde i. s. 716. an imitation of the lotus-fruit. 3. The Egyptian elevation of such a capital designed thi-ough squares is interesting, Descr. iv. pi. 62. 5. See such Atlantes, which however carry nothing, Descr. iii. pi. 29. Belzoni, pi. 43. Diodorus describes them, not accurately, by: vvn^ua^xi S' durl T^y Ki6vo>v ^^S/* -^nx^f i>c>ccilh>ccc f^ov6>.,Bci, i, 47. There are found once only, near Mount Barkal, figures of dwarfs which actually support a portion of the pillar, Cailliaud i. pi. 67 sq. 1 224 Obelisks must be regarded as accessories of sacred architecture: they are four-sided pillars on a low base, which 2 diminish upwards and end in a pyramidion, usually ot granite, the pyrrhopcecilus or Syenite of the ancients, with 3 beautifully sculptured figures and hieroglyphics. The use ot the obelisk as a gnomon, and the erection of it on a high base in the centre of an open space, were only introduced on the 4 removal of single obelisks to Rome; in Egypt they belonged to the class of steles (commemorative pillars) and contained a record stating the honours and titles which the king who erected, enlarged, or gave rich presents to a temple had re- ceived in return from the priesthood, and setting forth lor instance that Ramesses was honoured like Aroeris whom Ke 5 and all the gods love. The most famous obehsks were in Heliopolis and Thebes; from thence also are the most consid- erable of those we find at Rome. 1. The diminution usually amounts to \ ; the proportion of the breadth below to the height 1 : 9 to 12. 2 The process of raising obeUsks is stiU distinctb; to be seen in the nuarries of Syene. Ro^i^re, Descr. i. App. i. Hittorff, Precis sur les py- JaSns en bronze dor6, employes par les an. Eg. comme couronne- ment de quelques uns de leurs obeUsques. P. 1836. 4. The interpretation of an obeUsk by Hermapion in Ammian xvii,