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The materials used were stone, bronze, ivory, gold, ebony, and cypress wood, while the arts or trades which wrought and fashioned them were carpenters, molders, founder, stonecutters, dyers, goldsmiths, ivory-workers, painters, embroiderers, engravers, and besides these the carriers and suppliers of the materials . . . As then the buildings arose, no less impressive in size than exquisite in form, the artists strove to out vie the material and design with the beauty of their workmanship. And yet the most wonderful thing was the speed with which they were completed . . . In fact, the entire project was carried though in the high summer of one man's administration . . . created in so short a span, and yet for all time.
- (Plutarch, Life of Pericles, second century AD)
Neils,
Jenifer, ed. The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present. London
and New York: Cambridge Unversity Press, 2005. (Eggleston DF 287.P3
2005).
One stop shopping for anyone who wants to get the latest on the setting,
history, architecture, sculpture, iconography of the building in 5th century
Athens. Additional articles cover the life of the Parthenon after
antiquity, the story of photographing the Parthenon, and the building's impact
on modern architecture. The authors' purpose is to present a volume that
"will be useful to both students coming to the building for the first time
as well as seasoned scholars who want an update on its history and
influence." p. 5.
Ferrari, Gloria. "The Ancient Temple of
the Acropolis at Athens." American Journal of Archaeology.
Volume 106:1 (Jan., 2002), pp. 11-35. (available on-line at www.ajaonline.org.)
"This article concerns the Archaic temple
of Athena that was set on fire in the Persian sack of Athens and its function in
the monumental reconstruction of the Acropolis under Pericles. A new analysis of
archaeological, epigraphical, and historical sources leads to the conclusion
that the temple was neither destroyed in the assault nor taken down at a later
date, but that, as Dörpfeld argued, it remained standing until well into the
Roman period. Further, it is argued that the old temple was the core of an
extensive choreography of ruins, other parts of which have been recognized for
some time, and that this temple is the background against which the new
Periclean buildings acquire their meaning."
- abstract from AJA online http://www.ajaonline.org/archive/106.1/ferrari_gloria.html.
(accessed May 6, 2002).
Hurwit, Jeffrey M. The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology, and
Archaeology from the Neolithic Era to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1999. Eggleston: Oversize, DF 287.A2 H87 1999.
A thorough, up-to-date monograph with a narrative consideration
of the site, the goddess, the ancient inscriptions and literature about
the site, and an individual section on each building through time. I like
the appendices, which include texts of Pausanius and Plutarch, measurements
and other basic data on each structure and a chronology of the site.
Also a good read.
Economakis, Richard, ed. Acropolis Restoration: The CCAM Interventions.
London: Academy Editions, 1994. Eggleston: Oversize DF 287.A2 A47
1994.
Big, beautiful photographs and drawings of the present state of
the acropolis and the restoration projects currently underway and proposed.
The text includes the international guidelines they are working within
and a survey of scholarly opinion about the interventions, as well as a
history of past alterations and restorations.
Connelly, Joan B. "Parthenon and Parthenoi: A Mythological Interpretation of the Parthenon Frieze." American Journal of Archaeology. 100 (1996): 40-50.
Perry, Gill and Cunningham, Colin, eds. Academies, museums, and canons
of art. New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Open
University, 1999. N7480.A27 1999.
An attempt, perhaps successful?, to provide a sort of workbook for
arguing through the 'canon.' It includes a chapter devoted to the
Elgin marbles that considers their status as 'masterpieces.' It looks
interesting. We may want to test it.
Sutton, Robert Kent. Americans interpret the Parthenon : the
progression of Greek revival architecture from the East Coast to Oregon,
1800-1860. Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 1992.
NA710.5.G73 S88 1992.
Greek Revival architecture in America, a good basic survey for examples
of American Greco-mania, from the loose allusion to the precise copy.
Watch the Parthenons spring up across the country, manifesting its/their
destiny/ies. See also the solid and venerable Talbot Hamlin. (Greek
Architecture in America. NY: Dover, 1944.)
Green, Peter. The shadow of the Parthenon; studies in ancient
history and literature. Berkeley, University of California Press,
1972. DF77 .G795 1972.
The title essay in this volume is a wonderfully-written, cranky
alternative view to the Parthenon and Periklean Athens as perfect things
of beauty. It is refreshing in its pre-Post-Modern, Marxist
directness. We forget how only 30 years ago it was still a big deal
take bombard the canonical.
Brommer, Frank. The sculptures of the Parthenon : metopes, frieze, pediments, cult-statue. foreword by John Boardman ; [translated by Mary Whittall] London : Thames and Hudson, 1979. NB91.A7 B8713 1979. Pictures.
Wilson, Benjamin Franklin, The Parthenon of Pericles and its
reproduction in America. Nashville: Parthenon Press, 1937. NA281
.W5 1937.
An ode to a newer building. The hows and whys of the Nashville
Parthenon. Quaint.
Harpy Database, Kathryn Andrus-Walck, est. 1996. An excellent site for images of ancient art.
Art Images for College Teaching - Ancient Art.
Art History on the Web - a good portal site, maintained by Professor Christopher Witcombe, Sweet Briar College..
