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" Report on the Aeginetan sculptures : "
Johann Martin Wagner with F.W.J. Schelling ; translated, edited and with an introduction by Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr.
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Bericht über die Aeginetischen Bildwerke im Besitz Seiner Königl. Hoheit des Kronprinzes von Baiern.English
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Wagner, Johann Martin von
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Report on the Aeginetan sculptures : : with historical supplements /\ Johann Martin Wagner with F.W.J. Schelling ; translated, edited and with an introduction by Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr.
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, [2017]
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, ©2017
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xxv, 318 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1438464800
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: 1438464819
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: 1438464827
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: 9781438464800
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: 9781438464817
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Translated from the German.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.
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Introduction -- Editor's notes -- Description of the Aeginetan figures by classification -- Fragments that belong either to the Aeginetan figures or to the temple -- On the style of these figures -- On the conflict of opinion concerning the relationship between heads and the leftover body parts from a sculptural perspective -- On mechanical matters, or the working of the marble -- On the epoch in which these figures were probably completed -- How and where these figures were originally arranged -- On the meaning or idea [vorstellung] of these figures -- On the painting [bemalung] of the figures and of the temple -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Editor's concluding remarks.
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The controversial removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Greece to England in the first decade of the nineteenth century by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin, sparked an international competition for classical antiquities. This volume tells a lesser-known chapter of that story, concerning sculptures from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina. Discovered in 1811 as the Parthenon project was nearing its completion, these ancient sculptures were acquired at auction by Johann Martin Wagner (1777?1858) on behalf of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. The sculptures turned out to be significant in a number of ways, offering important evidence for a transitional period of Greek art between the archaic and classical eras, for the existence of an independent Aeginetan school that was the equal of Athenian art at the time, and for Greek sculptures having been elaborately painted and adorned. Originally published in 1817 and presented here for the first time in English, this book reproduces the report commissioned by the crown prince that was written by Wagner and edited by F.W.J. Schelling and contained richly detailed descriptions of the sculptures. In addition, Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. provides a comprehensive historical introduction featuring a constellation of intellectual figures, an afterword, notes, appendices, and more than forty images to tell the fascinating story of the sculptures and their legacy from excavation to the present day.
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Ludwig, I,1786-1868-- Art collections.
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Ludwig, I,1786-1868.
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Antiquities.
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Art-- Private collections.
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Aeginetan marbles.
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Aigina (Greece : Municipality), Antiquities.
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Greece, Aigina (Municipality)
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| Dewey Classification
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730.74/495
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NB87.M8G59 2017
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Bericht über die Aeginetischen Bildwerke im Besitz Seiner Königl. Hoheit des Kronprinzes von Baiern.
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Ruprecht, Louis A.
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Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von,1775-1854
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