Word: stereopticon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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After describing the growth of Pergamon, Dr. Tarbell showed a number of stereopticon views based on the researches made by the society at Berlin. Among the views shown were the market place, the temple to Athena, the library, the theatre, the temples to Trajan and Julian, the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and the great altar in which sacrifices were made. Views were also shown of the sculptures on the friezes of the different buildings, which are valuable as giving an idea of the implements of warfare used at that time. The sculpture of Pergamon lacks the grace and beauty which marks...
...miracles. The whole matter is very well illustrated by the present annual pilgrimages of sick people to the island of Tenos, to be healed at the shrine of the Madonna. A plan of Epidauros and a number of bas-reliefs were shown to the audience by means of the stereopticon...
During the lecture many pictures from photographs of the tombstones in Athens were thrown by the stereopticon on a screen in front of the audience...
...Morgan lectured last evening before a large audience in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory upon Euripides and the story of Medea in Ancient Art. The lecture was illustrated by numerous pictures taken from Greek antiquities, and thrown by the stereopticon on the white wall...
...Morgan of the Greek department will shortly give a lecture in the Jefferson Physical laboratory, on the representations of the "Medea" in art. The lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon views...