“There is a sanctity around the monuments of Athenian glory which inspires us at once with awe and wonder, nor can we approach without veneration the soil of a people whose religion amused our infancy ...

Because most of the elite had the benefit of a classical education, they naturally turned to ancient Greece and Rome for inspiration. Greece was the home of democracy, and Greco-Roman architecture was ...

FAIRFIELD — The stately house at 536 Old Post Road was once described as “the finest example of Greek Revival Architecture in Connecticut” in 1971 by Lloyd Marsh of the Society for the Preservation of ...

Piranesi’s powerful rendition of Doric architecture. (Courtesy of Cantor Arts Center) In 1777, Italian printmaker and architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi visited the ancient Greek city of Paestum on ...

Miss A. D. BETTS, Thorn Cottage, Byways, Berk-hamsted, Herts, writes to suggest that the fluted columns of Greek architecture were copied from plant stems, such as those of an umbelliferous plant.

Features in the gourmet kitchen include a two-tiered center island, brushed granite counters, a farm sink, custom cabinetry, 12-foot tall tin ceiling, and Viking six-burner range. The sizable heated ...