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The real life of the Parthenon / Patricia Vigderman.
Fine Arts Library DF287.P3 V54 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vigderman, Patricia, 1942- author.
- Series:
- 21st century essays
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vigderman, Patricia, 1942---Travel.
- Vigderman, Patricia.
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece).
- Athens (Greece)--Antiquities.
- Athens (Greece).
- Athens (Greece)--Description and travel.
- Sicily (Italy)--Description and travel.
- Sicily (Italy).
- Italy, Southern--Description and travel.
- Italy, Southern.
- Southern Italy.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs.
- Local Subjects:
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs.
- Physical Description:
- 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Ruminates on ancient remains and antiquities, illuminating an important element of contemporary cultural life: the dynamic between loss and delight.
- Contents:
- Partners with the past
- Beauty, bliss, and lies
- Conversations after empire
- A patina of electricity
- The traveler's dilemma
- To Persephone's Island
- Out of the shadows
- Art, archeology, and restoration at Pompeii
- Attuning one's life to theirs
- The past is always elsewhere.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192).
- ISBN:
- 9780814254585
- 0814254586
- OCLC:
- 1000023593
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