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Link CHANDLER, REVETT & PARS: IONIAN ANTIQUITIES

This link takes you to a website where you can browse Ionian Antiquities, published with permission of the Society of Dilettanti, by R....

Richard Chandler, Nicholas Revett, William Pars, Society of Dilettani, Ionian Antiquities, Architectural plans, Greek architecture, Architecture, 18th century, Enlightenment view
Link DIMENSIONS OF THE PARTHENON

This link takes you to a discussion about the dimensions of the Parthenon.

rthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link ELGINISM

Elginism (ĕl’gĭnĭz’əm) n. 1801. [f. the name of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841); see —ISM. Cf. Fr. elginisme & Sp. elginismo.]: An...

rthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link GREEK MINISTRY OF CULTURE: 'THE ELGIN MARBLES'

This link takes you to a selection of sources relevant to the 'Elgin Marbles', assembled by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and...

rthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link JAMES STUART SKETCHING THE ERECHTHEUM

This link takes you to al illustration of James Stuart sketching the Erechtheum, from The Antiquities of Athens, vol. 2 (1787).

James 'Athenian' Stuart, Stuart and Revett, Greek architecture, Architecture, Enlightenment, Society of Dilettani, Dilettanti, 18th century, Erekhtheion, Erechtheum view
Link MELINA MERCOURI FOUNDATION

This link takes you to the website of the Melina Mercouri Foundation.

lina Mercouri, Greek art, Parthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link NICHOLAS REVETT: THE GREEK DORIC ORDER

This link takes you to an image of a print which was published by the Society of Dilettanti in Volume 1 of Ionian Antiquities, in 1769....

Nicholas Revett, Ionian Antiquities, Society of Dilettani, Dilettanti, 18th century, Enlightenment, Greek architecture, Architecture, Doric view
Link PARTHENON - ANCIENT HISTORY ENCYCLOPAEDIA

This link takes you to a brief article about the Parthenon.

rthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link REPATRIATION OF THE ELIGN MARBLES

This link takes you to a website which explores the issues concerning the Repatriation of the Elgin Marbles

rthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link STUART & REVETT: THE ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS

The English architects James Stuart and Nicholas Revett visited Athens from 1751 to 1753 and, nine years later, published the first volume of ...

James 'Athenian' Stuart, Nicholas Revett, Stuart and Revett, Antiquities of Athens, Society of Dilettani, 18th century, Enlightenment, Greek art, Greek architecture, Architectural plans, Architecture view
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