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| Harry Ralph Ricardo Study of Ionic Capital from the Temple of Athena Nike, Athens ca. 1845-47 drawing British Museum |
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| Harry Ralph Ricardo Study of Volute from the Portico of the Erechtheum, Athens ca. 1845-47 drawing British Museum |
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| Themistocles von Eckenbrecher View of the Parthenon from the East 1890 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Themistocles von Eckenbrecher View of the Parthenon from its Interior 1890 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Greek Architecture
Not magnitude, not lavishness,
But Form – the Site;
Not innovating wilfulness,
But reverence for the Archetype.
– Herman Melville (1891)
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| Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Studies of Horses from the Parthenon Pediments 1871 drawing Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Richard Dalton Riders from the West Frieze of the Parthenon 1750 drawing British Museum |
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| Richard Dalton Riders from the West Frieze of the Parthenon 1750 drawing British Museum |
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| Richard Dalton Figures from the West Frieze of the Parthenon and Surviving Sculpture Fragments on the East Pediment (before removal by Lord Elgin) 1750 drawing British Museum |
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| Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny The Acropolis of Athens 1845 etching Art Institute of Chicago |
Finalities
Plunged in fear and suspicions,
with agitated minds and frightened eyes,
we melt, and plan how to act
in order to avoid the certain
danger so frightfully menacing us.
And yet we err, it is not in our paths;
the messages were false alarms,
(or else we did not hear, or fully understand them).
Another catastrophe, that we never imagined,
suddenly, torrentially falls upon us,
and unprepared – there is no more time – carries us off.
– C.P. Cavafy (1911), translated by Rae Dalven (1961)
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| William Gell The Parthenon, Athens 1801 drawing British Museum |
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| Walter Hege The Erechtheum - Porch of the Maidens ca. 1928 gelatin silver print Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Walter Hege Fragment of Parthenon Frieze - Horsebreaker ca. 1928-29 gelatin silver print Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Francis Bedford Fragments of Parthenon Frieze ca. 1870 albumen print National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Dimitrios Constantin Fragment of Parthenon Frieze 1865 albumen silver print Getty Museum, Los Angeles |