Antonello da Messina, Annunciation, c. 1474
Monument to the Ships Scuttled during the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, Sevastopol, Crimea, 1854-5
National Capitol Columns, Washington D.C., 2010 (via barphoto)
Phil Proctor, Corinthian Column on the Beltline, Atlanta, GA, 2013 (via aotb)
'Art on the Atlanta BeltLine has added an installation, a 23-foot tall Corinthian column, weighing over 13 tons, to its year-round art collection. Artist Phil Proctor envisioned the column, created out of railroad artifacts, to represent Atlanta’s architectural and railroad history. The structure also recalls the Corinthian columns on the façade of the former Union Station, the city’s main railroad station, demolished in 1972.'
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Cardo Maximus (by Julian Kaesler via theworldwelivein)
The "cardo maxima", or main North-South street, of the ruined Roman city of Apamea in Syria. The street and its remaining columns stretch for some 1.5 kilometres, a reminder of this city's past splendour and wealth which was once home to 500,000 people. The cardo ran perpendicular to the "Decumanus Maximus," a Roman city's primary East-West axis that usually connected the Porta Praetoria (in a military camp, closest to the enemy) to the Porta Decumana (away from the enemy). The meeting of the Cardo Maxima and Decumanus Maximus was termed the groma, which usually provided the site for the Forum.
Source: Flickr / juliankaesler