From mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu Mon Dec 18 12:13:11 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id MAA262576 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:13:09 -0800 Received: from MAPLE.lemoyne.edu (maple.lemoyne.edu [192.231.122.100]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id MAA09497 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:13:08 -0800 Received: from maple.lemoyne.edu by maple.lemoyne.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #33655) id <01JXURC44KZK002K95@maple.lemoyne.edu> for CLASSICS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:12:37 EDT Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:12:37 -0400 (EDT) From: John McMahon Subject: Colour scheme of Parthenon To: CLASSICS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Cc: mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Scripsit RH: > Many years ago, in a 19th century book, I saw an engraving of the > original, and very gaudy, colour scheme of the Parthenon, re-created > from fragments of surviving paint found on the stonework. Does anyone > know of such a picture, and also if it can be viewed on a web site > anywhere? All I have managed to find by searching is a black-and-white > picture of a painted antefix. Not perhaps the exact item, but ... In 1984 I visited in NY City an exhibition of the works of students from Paris in the 19th c. who had gone to Greece as part of their training. All the works were imaginary but presumably well-researched painted reconstructions of many of the famous buildings from sites in Classical Greece: Delos, Eleusis, Athens, etc. All were colorfully rendered, and there were detailed paintings of pedimental and other sculpture of the Parthenon. I have a brouchure somwhere and a number of slides. When/if I come across them, I'll post details. I don't recall, but there may have been a catalog for the show, which, btw, was at the Philip Morris Gallery to the best of my knowledge. John McMahon Le Moyne College mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu .