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Tells the story of Bavaria's acquisition of ancient Greek sculptures that rivaled those acquired by England from the Parthenon.

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Author:   Johann Martin Wagner ,  F. W. J. Schelling ,  Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. ,  Louis A. Ruprecht Jr.
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438464817

ISBN 10:   1438464819
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   01 June 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations A Note on This Translation Translator's Acknowledgments A Brief Timeline for the Aegina Marbles Translator's Historical Introduction The Text Report on the Aeginetan Sculptures in the Possession of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bavaria, by Johann Martin Wagner with F. W. J. Schelling Translator's Historical Afterword Appendix One: The Chronology of Charles Cockerell's Grand Tour (1810-1817) Appendix Two: Itinerary of Johann Martin Wagner's Greek Journey (1812-1813) Appendix Three: Schelling's 1815 Lecture ""On the Deities of Samothrace"" as the Prelude to His Work on the Aegina Marbles Appendix Four: Theories on the Relationship between Egyptian and Greek, or Aeginetan, Art Appendix Five: On Polychromatic Greek Art Bibliography Index"

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Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. holds the William M. Suttles Chair in Religious Studies and serves as Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies at Georgia State University. He is the author of many books, including Symposia: Plato, the Erotic, and Moral Value and Afterwords: Hellenism, Modernism, and the Myth of Decadence, both also published by SUNY Press; Classics at the Dawn of the Museum Era: The Life and Times of Antoine Chrysostome Quatremere de Quincy (1755-1849); and Winckelmann and the Vatican's First Profane Museum.

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