Illustrated catalogue of carbon prints on the rise and progress of Greek and Roman art
An 1899 Boston catalogue of carbon prints by Frank Bigelow Tarbell and Theodore Woolsey Heermance, published by A.W. Elson, showing Greek and Roman architecture and sculpture for students of art history. The pages are photographic plates, each with a captioned site such as the Propylaea, the Erechtheum caryatid porch, the Great Temple at Paestum and the Temple of Victory at Athens. Each photograph is printed rotated on the page, so a designer may find the stone blocks, fluted columns and stepped foundations useful as architectural texture and reference for classical forms.
