The Parthenon Frieze by Jenkins, Ian - 1994

University of Texas Press, 1994-01-01. hardcover. Good. 9x0x11.

University of Texas Press. Used - Very Good. 1994. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Oblong octavo. 119 pp. Profusely illustrated. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of text block. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Greek Art).

Univ of Texas Pr, 1994-11. Hardcover. Good.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994. Hardcover. 1st University of Texas Press edition, 1st printing. 119 pp. Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket. A clean, fresh copy.

University of Texas Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0292740387 . Dustjacket has edgewear with a couple of small tears. Book has very minor shelfwear. ; The artistic genius of Athens in the fifth century BC reached its peak in the sculpted marble reliefs of the Parthenon frieze. Designed by Phidias and carved by a team of anonymous masons, the frieze adorned the temple of Athena on the Acropolis and represents a festival procession in honour of the Olympian gods. Its original composition and precise meaning, however, have long been the subject of lively debate. Most of what survives of the frieze is now in the British Museum or the Acropolis Museum in Athens; the rest is scattered among a number of European collections. This book reconstructs the frieze in its entirety according to the most up-to-date research, with a detailed scene-by-scene commentary, and the superb quality of the carving is vividly shown in a series of close-up photographs. In his… Read More

Univ of Texas Pr, 1994-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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