Report on the Aeginetan Sculptures
With Historical Supplements
Tells the story of Bavaria's acquisition of ancient Greek sculptures that rivaled those acquired by England from the Parthenon.The controversial removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Greece to England in the first decade of the nineteenth century by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin, sparked an international competition for classical antiquities. This volume tells a lesser-known chapter of that story, concerning sculptures from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina. Discovered in 1811 as the Parthenon project was nearing its completion, these ancient sculptures were acquired at auction by Johann Martin Wagner (1777-1858) on…
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Weitere Autoren: Schelling, F. W. J. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4384-6482-4
- EAN: 9781438464824
- Produktnummer: 35060160
- Verlag: State University of New York Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 10'037 KB
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