The Parthenon
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The Parthenon
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Author : Jenifer Neils
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-09-05
The Parthenon written by Jenifer Neils and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-05 with Art categories.
Provides an overview of a classical monument interjected with the discoveries of modern scholarship.
The Parthenon Enigma
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Author : Joan Breton Connelly
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2014-01-28
The Parthenon Enigma written by Joan Breton Connelly and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-28 with History categories.
Built in the fifth century b.c., the Parthenon has been venerated for more than two millennia as the West’s ultimate paragon of beauty and proportion. Since the Enlightenment, it has also come to represent our political ideals, the lavish temple to the goddess Athena serving as the model for our most hallowed civic architecture. But how much do the values of those who built the Parthenon truly correspond with our own? And apart from the significance with which we have invested it, what exactly did this marvel of human hands mean to those who made it? In this revolutionary book, Joan Breton Connelly challenges our most basic assumptions about the Parthenon and the ancient Athenians. Beginning with the natural environment and its rich mythic associations, she re-creates the development of the Acropolis—the Sacred Rock at the heart of the city-state—from its prehistoric origins to its Periklean glory days as a constellation of temples among which the Parthenon stood supreme. In particular, she probes the Parthenon’s legendary frieze: the 525-foot-long relief sculpture that originally encircled the upper reaches before it was partially destroyed by Venetian cannon fire (in the seventeenth century) and most of what remained was shipped off to Britain (in the nineteenth century) among the Elgin marbles. The frieze’s vast enigmatic procession—a dazzling pageant of cavalrymen and elders, musicians and maidens—has for more than two hundred years been thought to represent a scene of annual civic celebration in the birthplace of democracy. But thanks to a once-lost play by Euripides (the discovery of which, in the wrappings of a Hellenistic Egyptian mummy, is only one of this book’s intriguing adventures), Connelly has uncovered a long-buried meaning, a story of human sacrifice set during the city’s mythic founding. In a society startlingly preoccupied with cult ritual, this story was at the core of what it meant to be Athenian. Connelly reveals a world that beggars our popular notions of Athens as a city of staid philosophers, rationalists, and rhetoricians, a world in which our modern secular conception of democracy would have been simply incomprehensible. The Parthenon’s full significance has been obscured until now owing in no small part, Connelly argues, to the frieze’s dismemberment. And so her investigation concludes with a call to reunite the pieces, in order that what is perhaps the greatest single work of art surviving from antiquity may be viewed more nearly as its makers intended. Marshalling a breathtaking range of textual and visual evidence, full of fresh insights woven into a thrilling narrative that brings the distant past to life, The Parthenon Enigma is sure to become a landmark in our understanding of the civilization from which we claim cultural descent.
The Real Life Of The Parthenon
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Author : Patricia Vigderman
language : en
Publisher: Mad Creek Books
Release Date : 2018
The Real Life Of The Parthenon written by Patricia Vigderman and has been published by Mad Creek Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Architecture categories.
Ruminates on ancient remains and antiquities, illuminating an important element of contemporary cultural life: the dynamic between loss and delight.
The Parthenon
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Author : Mary Beard
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2003
The Parthenon written by Mary Beard and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Architecture categories.
At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide for tourists, armchair travelers, and amateur archaeologists alike, this book takes readers through the storied past and towering present of the most famous building in the world. 35 illustrations.
The Elgin Marbles
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 1997
The Elgin Marbles written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Art categories.
The Elgin Marbles, designed and executed by Phidias to adorn the Parthenon, are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient Greece. In 1801 Lord Elgin, then British ambassador to the Turkish government in Athens, had pieces of the frieze sawn off and removed to Britain, where they remain, igniting a storm of controversy which has continued to the present day. In the first full-length work on this fiercely debated issue, Christopher Hitchens recounts the history of these precious sculptures and forcefully makes the case for their return to Greece. Drawing out the artistic, moral, legal and political perspectives of the argument, Hitchens's eloquent prose makes The Elgin Marbles an invaluable contribution to one of the most important cultural controversies of our times.
The Reading Nation In The Romantic Period
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Author : William St Clair
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-07-08
The Reading Nation In The Romantic Period written by William St Clair and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
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The Pediments Of The Parthenon
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Author : Palagia
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-12-12
The Pediments Of The Parthenon written by Palagia and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-12 with Art categories.
This is the only comprehensive account of the Parthenon pediments in English and the first in any language since 1963. It serves as an up-to-date introduction to their study and includes new proposals for the restoration and interpretation of their composition. Debate on the Parthenon pediments has concentrated on the interpretation of individual figures, the restoration of the missing parts and the question of Roman repairs. The present study is based on autopsy and considers the evidence of technical details. It questions the attribution of certain familiar pieces and offers new suggestions for restoring the east pediment. All sculptures are illustrated, some with photographs taken especially for this book, and there are new drawings of the restorations proposed by the author. Chapter 1 is a general introduction to the study of the pediments. It includes an assessment of the documentation and a summary of stylistic and technical characteristics of the sculptures. Chapters 2 and 3 treat each pediment separately. The discussion of individual sculptures is incorporated in a continuous narrative which sets them within the context of the overall composition.
The Parthenon Enigma
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Author : Joan Breton Connelly
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-30
The Parthenon Enigma written by Joan Breton Connelly and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-30 with History categories.
A radical new interpretation of the meaning and purposes of one of the world's most iconic buildings. For more than two millennia, the Parthenon has been revered as the symbol of Western culture and its highest ideals. It was understood to honour the city-state's patron deity, Athena, and its sculptures to depict a civic celebration in the birthplace of democracy. But through a close reading of a lost play by Euripides, Joan Connelly has developed a theory that has sparked fierce controversy. Here she explains that our most basic sense of the Parthenon and the culture that built it may have been crucially mistaken. Re-creating the ancient structure, and using a breathtaking range of textual and visual evidence, she uncovers a monument glorifying human sacrifice set in a world of cult ritual quite alien to our understanding of the word 'Athenian'.
From Pentelicon To The Parthenon
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Author : Manolēs Korres
language : en
Publisher: Melissa Publishing House
Release Date : 1995
From Pentelicon To The Parthenon written by Manolēs Korres and has been published by Melissa Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Architecture categories.
This book comprises two parts: the first presents, in the form of 22 full-page drawings, the story of a doric column capital (weighing some 12 tonnes) and of the men who hewed it from the quarry and transported it to the Acropolis. The second part discusses the ancient Pentelic marble quarries, their function and the stages of their development.
The West Pediment Of The Parthenon
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Author : Ioannis Mitsios
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2025-06-18
The West Pediment Of The Parthenon written by Ioannis Mitsios and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-18 with History categories.
This book offers a holistic study of the sculptures (and attributed fragments) of the west pediment of the Parthenon. For the very first time, the sculptures are examined in close relation to the drawings of the west pediment, as well as the iconography, myths, cults and topography of the Acropolis of Athens. The monograph offers nine new identifications, out of the fourteen heroic figures depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon.