A building from which derived "all that is good" : observations on the intended reconstruction of the Parthenon on Carlton Hill
In the 1820s, Scottish architects Charles Robert Cockerell and William Playfair designed a national monument to memorialize those who had died in the Napoleonic Wars, modelling it after the Parthenon at Athens. Ambitious as it was, the project was never completed and came to stand as "proof of...
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| Published in | Nineteenth-century art worldwide Vol. 4; no. 3 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.01.2005
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| Summary: | In the 1820s, Scottish architects Charles Robert Cockerell and William Playfair designed a national monument to memorialize those who had died in the Napoleonic Wars, modelling it after the Parthenon at Athens. Ambitious as it was, the project was never completed and came to stand as "proof of Scotland's pride and poverty." Through examining little-studied letters and documents at the National Library of Scotland, the author describes the struggle to erect this monument and considers the motivations behind emulating such a towering cultural achievement. [Publication abstract] |
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| ISSN: | 1543-1002 1543-1002 |