Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temples / Reproductions of a Series of Lithographs Made by Him in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913, Together with Impressions and Notes by the Artist.

by Joseph Pennell

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FROM TEMPLE TO TEMPLE, GIRGENTI

NOT only are the lines of the hills, looking toward the sea, perfect, but the builders of these, as of all the temples, took advantage of the lines in the landscape, making the temple the focus of a great composition; an art no longer practised; but the temples of the gods of Greece were more important than the notions of local politicians and land-owners and architects.

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THE COLUMNS OF CASTOR AND POLLUX, GIRGENTI

THIS is not a restoration, but a re-building. The rebuilders worked better than they knew, and made a delightful—and popular—subject for every artist who goes to Girgenti.