The English architect and archaeologist Edward Falkener (1814-96)
spent a fortnight sketching the ancient ruins of Ephesus during his
trip through Anatolia in the 1840s. In Part I of this 1862
publication, he tries to reconstruct the architectural features of
Ephesian buildings, tracing the history of the city. Falkener's
accomplished sketches and layouts display his artistic talent,
which won him the grand medal of honour at the Paris Universal
Exhibition in 1855. Part II focuses on the Temple of Artemis, one
of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Falkener surveys ancient
writings relating to the Greek temple, which still awaited
rediscovery at that time. Although his speculations about the
location of the temple were later proven wrong by John Turtle Wood,
who correctly identified the site in 1869 (his 1877 account is also
reissued in this series), Falkener's work added to the Victorian
interest in ancient architecture.
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