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The Parthenon marbles
... Lord Elgin was the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. At that time Greece was under Ottoman occupation. Elgin was a great admirer of Greek art and a collector of antiquities so he took advantage of his position and of the political situation of Europe in the beginning of the 19th century and ...
... Lord Elgin was the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. At that time Greece was under Ottoman occupation. Elgin was a great admirer of Greek art and a collector of antiquities so he took advantage of his position and of the political situation of Europe in the beginning of the 19th century and ...
Highlights from the Plaster Cast Collection
... The practice of creating plaster casts dates to antiquity. According to Pliny the Elder (N.H. 35.153), Lystratos, brother of the Greek sculptor Lysippos, was the first artist to create “an image of a man in plaster taken from the surface [of the body] itself.”1 As early as the fourth century BCE, ar ...
... The practice of creating plaster casts dates to antiquity. According to Pliny the Elder (N.H. 35.153), Lystratos, brother of the Greek sculptor Lysippos, was the first artist to create “an image of a man in plaster taken from the surface [of the body] itself.”1 As early as the fourth century BCE, ar ...
The Greeks, 3-page photo-sheet/brochure in PDF
... This relief shows a young athlete placing an olive wreath on his head. This image has become a symbol of Athenian democracy, which arose around the 5th century BC. Going forward, people would no longer be subject to the will of the gods, but instead would be masters of their own fate. © National Arc ...
... This relief shows a young athlete placing an olive wreath on his head. This image has become a symbol of Athenian democracy, which arose around the 5th century BC. Going forward, people would no longer be subject to the will of the gods, but instead would be masters of their own fate. © National Arc ...
a fifth-century greek relief a fifth-century greek relief
... standing warrior's left leg is in profile, the right leg is shown in front view with the left malleolus in full sight. To carve in low relief a frontal human foot, with all its five toes showing, is a difficult feat in foreshortening. And the artist of our relief seems to have found it so, for the s ...
... standing warrior's left leg is in profile, the right leg is shown in front view with the left malleolus in full sight. To carve in low relief a frontal human foot, with all its five toes showing, is a difficult feat in foreshortening. And the artist of our relief seems to have found it so, for the s ...
The Acropolis Museum The Acropolis Museum The
... complete the tour with the series of works that were created after the construction of the Parthenon, namely the Propylaia, the temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion. The north wing of the first floor displays striking Classical sculptures and their Roman copies, as well as votive and decree rel ...
... complete the tour with the series of works that were created after the construction of the Parthenon, namely the Propylaia, the temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion. The north wing of the first floor displays striking Classical sculptures and their Roman copies, as well as votive and decree rel ...
Guided tour - International Academic Staff
... art, and from ca. 630 BC the Greeks began to make large sculptures in human form themselves. The two most famous types were the Kouroi, the young men, and the Korai, the young women. These two types were often used as grave markers or as dedications: gifts to the gods. In the Museum of Ancient Art w ...
... art, and from ca. 630 BC the Greeks began to make large sculptures in human form themselves. The two most famous types were the Kouroi, the young men, and the Korai, the young women. These two types were often used as grave markers or as dedications: gifts to the gods. In the Museum of Ancient Art w ...
Detroit Institute of Arts
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest, most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m2) with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet (5,400 m2). The DIA collection is regarded as among the top six museums in the United States with an encyclopedic collection which spans the globe from ancient Egyptian and European works to contemporary art. Its art collection is valued in billions of dollars, up to $8.1 billion according to a 2014 appraisal. The DIA campus is located in Midtown Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District, about two miles (3 km) north of the downtown area, across from the Detroit Public Library near Wayne State University.The museum building is highly regarded by architects. The original building, designed by Paul Philippe Cret, is flanked by north and south wings with the white marble as the main exterior material for the entire structure. The campus is part of the city's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The museum's first painting was donated in 1883 and its collection consists of over 65,000 works. With about 630,000 visitors annually for 2014, the DIA is among the most visited art museums in the world. The Detroit Institute of Arts hosts major art exhibitions; it contains a 1,150-seat theatre designed by architect C. Howard Crane, a 380-seat hall for recitals and lectures, an art reference library, and a conservation services laboratory.