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• Title:[Bericht über die Aeginetischen Bildwerke im Besitz Seiner Königl. Hoheit des Kronprinzes von Baiern. English]
  Report on the Aeginetan sculptures : with historical supplements / Johann Martin Wagner with F.W.J. Schelling ; translated, edited and with an introduction by Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wagner, Johann Martin von, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854, author.
  Ruprecht, Louis A., editor, translator, author of introduction.
  
• Published/Created:Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NB87.M8 G59 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, 1786-1868--Art collections.
  Aigina (Greece : Municipality)--Antiquities.
  
• Subject(s):Aeginetan marbles.
  
• Description:xxv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:The controversial removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Greece to England in the first decade of the nineteenth century by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin, sparked an international competition for classical antiquities. This volume tells a lesser-known chapter of that story, concerning sculptures from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina. Discovered in 1811 as the Parthenon project was nearing its completion, these ancient sculptures were acquired at auction by Johann Martin Wagner (1777?1858) on behalf of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. The sculptures turned out to be significant in a number of ways, offering important evidence for a transitional period of Greek art between the archaic and classical eras, for the existence of an independent Aeginetan school that was the equal of Athenian art at the time, and for Greek sculptures having been elaborately painted and adorned. Originally published in 1817 and presented here for the first time in English, this book reproduces the report commissioned by the crown prince that was written by Wagner and edited by F.W.J. Schelling and contained richly detailed descriptions of the sculptures. In addition, Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. provides a comprehensive historical introduction featuring a constellation of intellectual figures, an afterword, notes, appendices, and more than forty images to tell the fascinating story of the sculptures and their legacy from excavation to the present day.
  
• Notes:Translated from the German.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781438464817 hardcover ; alkaline paper
  1438464819 hardcover ; alkaline paper
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Translator's Historical Introduction
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  Report on the Aeginetan Sculptures in the Possession of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bavaria / F. W. J. Schelling
  Translators Historical Afterword.