Date:1762
Description:Engraving from 'The Antiquities of Athens, Volume 1' by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett. Published in London, 1762. This illustration shows the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates which formed the basis of the Lanthorn of Demosthenes at Shugborough. It can be seen built into the villa on the right hand side. The ‘Antiquities of Athens’ was written by James ‘Athenian’ Stuart and his colleague Nicholas Revett. It contains detailed studies of five buildings in Athens. Over 500 people subscribed to the first volume. Thomas Anson was one of them and his name is listed at the beginning of the book. Stuart and Revett wanted to increase the number of sources for architectural design, which could then be used to create buildings in Britain. Stuart used two of the buildings in volume one as the basis for monuments at Shugborough. The Horlogium of Andronikos Cyrrhestes and the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates were recreated in the Park as the Tower of the Winds and the Lanthorn of Demosthenes.
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Also known as the Dark Lantern, the Lanthorn was the last Neo-classical monument to be designed by James ...
Engraving from 'The Antiquities of Athens, Volume 1' by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett. Published ...
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