Catalogue Of The Acropolis Museum Vol 1

Author : Stanley Casson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330338261
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum written by Stanley Casson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum, Vol. 2 The delay in the appearance of Volume II of the Acropolis Museum Catalogue is due to the European war. The section dealing with the Sculptures and Architectural Fragments was completed in the summer of 1914 and, together with the section dealing with the Terracottas, which was completed some time previously, was actually sent to the Press by July 27th, 1914. Not until May, 1910, did events allow me to return to the MSS, when publication became possible, thanks to the kindness of the Cambridge University Press, who renewed their desire to proceed in the matter, and of the Hellenic Society who had again expressed their wish to see the volume produced. Volume I dealt with all the Sculptures in the Museum of a date preceding the invasion of Xerxes in 480 b.c. The Sculptures herein described belong, with one exception, to periods after that date. The architectural fragments and other antiquities belong to periods both before and after 480 b.c. The comparatively portable nature of this volume enforces upon it limitations for which I can only apologise by saying that they are unavoidable. Thus the illustrations are for the most part only sufficient for the identification of objects and are not intended to be descriptive plates; they arc included in the text so as to avoid the somewhat tiresome searching for plates which would be necessary were they published separately or at the end of the volume. It is regretted that it has been impassible, owing to the limitations already pleaded, to provide illustrations of everything described. In the case of the Erechtheiuin and Parthenon sculptures, however, references are given in each case, where an illustration is lacking, to the best available illustrations in other publications, such as the Antike Denkmdler plates of the Erechtheiuin fragments and the British Museum plates of the Parthenon fragments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.