COOK,B.F.

The Elgin Marbles

London, British Museum. 1983. (ISBN: 071412026X) Soft cover. Book, The Parthenon sculptures collected by Lord Elgin nearly 200 years ago rank amongst the highest achievements of mankind. Since they went on display in the British Museum in 1817, artists, scholars, poets and millions of visitors have stood before them in wonder. This book tells their story, beginning in the fifth century BC when the Parthenon was built in Athens. The author explains what the sculptures represent, who made them and how they fitted into the grand design of the temple. He describes their gradual destruction by religious zealots, beseiging Venetians and other vandals before Lord Elgin brought them to the safety of London. 72p. illus.index. As New.

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Book number: 30107

Catalogue: Acropolis/Parthenon

Keywords: 071412026x Greece Greel Athens Parthenon Acropolis Elgin Marbles British Museum Greek Sculpture Elgin Marbles

HOOKER, G. T. W. (EDITOR)

Parthenos and Parthenon [Greece and Rome - Supplement to Vol. X]

Oxford, Clarendon Press / Classical Assocition. 1963, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, Issues as supplement tVol X to "Greece & Rome" Nine articles by various scholars on the Parthenon and the Acropolis of Athens Contains : [1] Athena and the Early Acropolis by R.J. Hopper [2] The Goddess of the Golden Image by Edna M. Hooke [3] The Builders of the Parthenon by Alison Burford [4] The Political Implications of the Parthenon by Russell Meiggs [5] The Sculptures of the Parthenon by Martin Robertson [6] Athena in Athenian Literature and Cult by C.J. Herington [7] Parthenonis Ruinæ by C.S. Calverley [8] The Parthenon by John Heath-Stubbs [9] Acropolis and Parthenos: New Models in the Royal Ontario Museum by J.W. Graham.87p. illus ( B & W). Near Fine.

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Book number: 039316

Catalogue: Acropolis/Parthenon

Keywords: Greece Athens Acropolis Parthenon

BRITISH MUSEUM

An Historical Guide to the Sculptures of The Parthenon

London, British Museum. 1965, Revised Edition. (ISBN: 0714112275) Soft cover. Book, Short illustrated guide to the [Elgin] Parthenon marbles in the British Museum. (Preface by D. E. L. Haynes) 72p. illus, bibliography.index. As New.

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Book number: 039317

Catalogue: Acropolis/Parthenon

Keywords: 0714112275 Greece Greek Athens Parthenon Acropolis Elgin Marbles British Museum Greek Sculpture Elgin Marbles

BRITISH MUSEUM

A short guide to the sculptures of the Parthenon [Elgin Collection]

London, British Museum. 1956, 5th.edition. Soft cover. Book, Short illustrated guide to the Parthenon marbles in the British Museum originally published in 1949. 42p. illus diagram. Very Good+.

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Book number: 039318

Catalogue: Acropolis/Parthenon

Keywords: Greece Greek Athens Parthenon Acropolis Elgin Marbles British Museum Greek Sculpture Elgin Marbles

MELETZIS, SPYROS & PAPADAKIS, HELENE

Acropolis and Museum

Munich, Verlag Schnell & Steiner. 1975, 7th Edition. French Wraps. Book, 44p. text + 120p plates. As New.

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Book number: 039124

Catalogue: Acropolis/Parthenon

Keywords: Greece Antiquities Athens Ancoet Acropolis Parthenon Greek Art - Ancient Greek Art - Classical

VRETTOS,THEODORE

Lord Elgin's Lady

New York, Houghton Mifflin. 1982, 1st.US Edition. (ISBN: 0395313333) Hardcover. Book, A fictional account of Lord Elgin in Greece in search of classical culture --- and how he lost both his wife and his marbles!! 363p. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 040683

Catalogue: Acropolis/Parthenon

Keywords: 0395313333 Ancient Greek Art Greece Parthenon Lord Elgin Marbles Mary Nisbet Ferguson Elgin Marbles

WILSON, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

The Parthenon at Athens, Greece and at Nashville, Tennessee

Goodlettsville, TN, Southern Postcard Company. 1956, 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Book, Excerpts from "The Parthenon of Pericles and Its Reproduction in America" Benjamin Franklin Wilson III . [24 p] Illus B & W. Small tourist brochure from the Nashville Parthenon laid in. Fine/Near Fine - Slight Chips.

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Book number: 039126

Catalogue: Acropolis/Parthenon

Keywords: Greek Influence on Art Architecture Parthenon Athens Nashville Tennessee Greek Influence on Art