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The British Museum
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 87

The British Museum

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Statutes and Rules
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 140

Statutes and Rules

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1759
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Parthenon Sculptures
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 152

The Parthenon Sculptures

  • Categories: Art

The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivaled examples of classical Greek art, an inspiration to artists and writers since their creation in the fifth century bce. A superb visual introduction to these wonders of antiquity, this book offers a photographic tour of the most famous of the surviving sculptures from ancient Greece, viewed within their cultural and art-historical context. Ian Jenkins offers an account of the history of the Parthenon and its architectural refinements. He introduces the sculptures as architecture--pediments, metopes, Ionic frieze--and provides an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of ancient Athens. Accompanying photo...