On May 28, 2008, at 10:10 AM, William Conger wrote:
Incidentally,
painted architecture was also popular as evidenced by
traces found on ruins, etc.
Go to Nashville, Tennessee, and see the Grand Ol' ...
Parthenon, a full-size replica, painted, festooned with acroteria and
all the good stuff (--the only short coming is that it's not made of
marble--) smack dab in the middle of town! Originally erected for the
U.S. centennary, celebrating Nashville's image as "the Athens of the
South."
There are numerous detailed, scale-model reconstructions of
architectural monuments, such as of the Acropolis or Harlicarnassus,
that attempt to replicate the originals in color and ornamental
finish. See, e.g.,
http://photos.igougo.com/pictures-photos-s2-r1147560-p28661-Part_of_the_Temple_of_Zeus_and_Athena.html
http://photos.igougo.com/pictures-photos-s2-r1147560-p28660-A_Model_of_Pergamon.html
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