Archive for posts tagged with ‘Frieze’


Mar 7 2011

View of the Flower of Greece, 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn

Academician / German / Greco-Roman / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

View of the Flower of Greece, 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn

This is a reproduction of “View of the Flower of Greece” of 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn.  This painting by Ahiborn is a copy of the original by Karl Friedrich Schinkel which has been lost.  This painting shows ancient Greek workmen constructing a temple capturing when the last block of its frieze is being heaved into place.    The Greek inscription quotes Aristotle’s hymn to the virtues of battle.  The original painting is 92.5 inches wide and 37 inches high.  This masterpiece is in the Alte Nationalgalerie, staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

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Jan 31 2011

Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868

Academician / British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868

This is a reproduction of Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s “Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends” of 1868.  Phidias is the figure in the middle with Alcibiades and his lover Socrates to the sculptor’s right and Pericles and his companion Aspasia facing Phidias.  Alma-Tadema was born and trained in the Netherlands and Belgium, notably at the Royal Academy in Antwerp.  He moved to England in 1870 and there became very famous for his incredibly realistic depictions of ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt.  He died in 1912.  This masterpiece is in the Birmingham Museun and Art Gallery, England.

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