Essays on the Art of Pheidias

This 1885 book examines the extant works of the Greek sculptor Pheidias, best known as the creator of the Parthenon Marbles.

List of contents

1. The province, aim, and methods of the study of classical archaeology; 2. The spirit of the art of Pheidias, in its relation to his age, life, and character; 3. The Metopes of the Parthenon and the Lapith head in the Louvre; 4. The Western pediment of the Parthenon and the Venice fragment; 5. The Eastern pediment of the Parthenon, and Thalassa and Gaia; 6. The Athene from the Parthenon frieze and the Louvre plaque; 7. The central slab of the Parthenon frieze and the Copenhagen plaque; 8. The Athene Parthenos, and gold and ivory statues; 9. The school of Pheidias and the Attic sepulchral reliefs; Appendix. Reprinted papers on Greek art.

Summary

This 1885 book examines the extant works of the Greek sculptor Pheidias, best known as the creator of the Parthenon Marbles and the gold and ivory statue of Zeus at Olympia. Waldstein examines the Parthenon Marbles with particular scrutiny and charts the relationship between Pheidias' school and the development of later Greek art.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Waldstein, Waldstein Charles
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9781107619432
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61943-2
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, ART / Sculpture & Installation, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, sculpture, History of Art, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Individual artists, art monographs, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek style