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Total view of the Acropolis of Balbeck.
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A general view of Balbec
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Vue Generale de l'amphitheatre de Pola.
Vue générale de Balbek - A black and white drawing of ruins with a clock tower in the background
View of Annapolis in 1797. - Public domain decorative engraving
View of Annapolis in 1797. - Public domain dedication image
View of Annapolis, Maryland.
Total view of the Acropolis of Balbeck.
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of Athens, classical Greece, ancient world, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Renaissance representation of classical ruins was a symbol of antiquity, enlightenment, and lost knowledge. Ruins spoke to the passage of time. The greatest subject for ruin artists was the overgrown and crumbling Classical Rome remains. Forum and the Colosseum, Pantheon, and the Appian Way. Initially, art representations of Rome were realistic, but soon the imagination of artists took flight. Roman ruins were scattered around the city, but frustrated artists began placing them in more pleasing arrangements. Capriccio was a style of imaginary scenes of buildings and ruins.