| Description |
xii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The Persian wars -- The Delian League -- The Acropolis building project -- The Parthenon sculptures -- After Pericles -- Pergamene patronage and the Roman Empire -- The coming of the Christians -- Byzantine Athens (529-1204) -- Crusader Athens -- King Solomon's mosque -- The decline and fall of the Acropolis -- An embassy to the East : Napoleon in Egypt, Elgin in Istanbul -- Work begins in Athens -- The Firman -- The Elgins arrive in Athens -- The legality of Elgin's actions -- To the British Museum -- The debate over the Elgin marbles : who owns them, and where do they belong? |
| Analysis |
Greece |
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Sculpture |
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Architecture |
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Archaeology |
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Overseas item |
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Elgin marbles |
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Parthenon |
| Notes |
Cover subtitle: The story of the Parthenon and archaeology's greatest controversy |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 316-325 |
| SUBJECT |
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098340
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| Subject |
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
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Parthenon
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Marble sculpture, Greek.
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Elgin marbles.
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Marble sculpture, Ancient -- Greece -- Athens.
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| LC no. |
2006386180 |
| ISBN |
0091800137 |
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