Monumental Architecture (page 2/2)

Front Cover

The front cover of this 1910 collection of 50 plates reproduced from photographs. The individual plates are not bound together: the cover makes a stiff envelope to hold them,. [more...]

I.—Detail of Façade of the Old Museum, Berlin, with sculpture group.

I.—Old Museum, Berlin: Detail of Façade, with Sculpture Group “The Amazon.” Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Architect. Kiss, Sculptor. [more...]

II.—Old Museum, Berlin, Lion Slayer.

The statue in this photograph is called Löwenkämpfer, or lion fighter. It was made by Albert Wolff in 1858 and is outside the Altes Museum. [more...]

IV.—West Front of Buckingham Palace.

The lack of a flag probably means the King (at the time) was not at home. Thewing on the left today is the Queen’s private disco and mosh pit. [more...]

XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords.

Monumental Architecture. XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords. Sir John Soane, Architect. [more...]

XXXIV.—Monument in the Cemetary of Père Lachaise, Paris.

Monumental architecture. XXXIV.—Monument in the Cemetary of Père Lachaise, Paris.
Albert Bartholomé, sculptor. [more...]