Re: 'Were Greeks proud of the Parthenon? How would we know?" We know that from reading history. But, really, I'm quite sure there were a few Greeks who sat grinding their teeth saying ' What an architectural disaster that Parthenon is! My son could've done better! And as for that Phidias, whipping is too good for him!' ? But those Greeks were promptly ostracised and never heard from again.
Re: > How would we even know whether contemporary Australians are proud of the > Sydney Opera House? Because it is in the citizenship test. "Do you like the Opera House?" "No." "Right, you're on the first plane back to Bezerkistan." DA > RE: 'They may well have been scandalized by what did go up on the > Parthenon since > there was nothing quite like it Greek temples before or since.' > > "That would explain why they were so proud of the Parthenon ..." > > > ***************** > > Were Greeks proud of the Parthenon? How would we know? > > How would we even know whether contemporary Australians are proud of the > Sydney Opera House? -- or Chicagoans proud of Sears Tower? (I'm not -- I think > it's big and nothing more - just like our airport) > > I think a discussion of aesthetics has to occur outside these kind of vacuous > assertions. > > The Parthenon sculpture, painted or not, aestheticized the young male body > like no other monument before the 15th C. -- and that uniqueness needs to be > considered - rather than attaching its qualities to a general statement about > the ancient Greeks. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Stop foreclosure. Click here to stay in your home and rebuild credit. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/Ioyw6ijlzUBsVINjSL3FZYwHeiopWN > 65BgZbTRTwLpUgTquSqiikfC/ > > -- Derek Allan http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm
