The Greeks bankrupted their country building the Parthenon. Phidias and his carvers did not come cheap, apparently.
I still maintain, hypothetically, that while sculpturally abstracted, obviously, the Greeks would have liked to see their statues speak and move. WC --- Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/
