the Acropolis of Athens and the Parthenon - PAINTINGS

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( The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. Pablo Picasso )

( A picture is a poem without words. Quintus Horatius Flaccus HORACE )

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2016 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY David D. Pearce

2016-07-20 My abstract watercolor oil pastel take on Acropolis, from perspective of Hadrian's library

2016-06-28 Here's a #watercolor study of the Acropolis

2016-06-07 My favorite #watercolor theme, the numen of the polis

2016-05-19 Painted Acropolis many times, because it's essence of place. This view from Kolonos Agoraios

2016-04-15 Watercolor and oil pastel view of Acropolis

2016-04-06

"my Red Acropolis" - 2016-02-09 by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce, lifelong Classics buff, occasional painter of watercolors.

- Stunning watercolor, in the colors of a GreekVase.

The title evokes Hokusai's Red Fuji.

- What an amazing art !

- Beautiful watercolour !

- Stunning image!

2016-01-08 My #watercolor and #pastel abstract view of Acropolis.

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2015 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY David D. Pearce

2015-12-30 Wish you a safe, happy, and prosperous 2016. Chronia Polla!

2015-12-04 Here's #watercolor I did of prospect fm Kolonos Agoraios in Agora, visited by @JohnKerry today

2015-12-03 Here's pencil sketch I did of view from Olympeion to Acropolis, with poppy.

2015-11-25

2015-11-16 Another Acropolis #watercolor sketch. I never tire of attempting this view.

2015-10-25 Here is riotous #watercolor and #pastel take I did of Acropolis, from Hadrian's Library.

2015-10-05 Here's #watercolor of the Acropolis, viewed from the hill of Kolonos Agoraios.

2015-05-21 From discard pile - 3 quick #watercolor takes I did of #Acropolis. - A

2015-05-21 From discard pile - 3 quick #watercolor takes I did of #Acropolis. - B

2015-05-21 From discard pile - 3 quick #watercolor takes I did of #Acropolis. - C

2015-05-20 Here is a fairly riotous watercolor and pastel view I did of the #Acropolis on a sunny day.

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2014 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY David D. Pearce

Acropolis view from Hadrian’s Library by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce

Acropolis color study – 1, watercolor, June 2014 by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce

Acropolis color study – 2, watercolor, June 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce

Acropolis, view from Hadrian’s Library – 2, watercolor/pen and ink/pastel, March 1 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce

Acropolis, view from Hadrian’s Library – 3, watercolor/pastel, March 28 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce

Acropolis, view from Kolonos Agoraios, above Agora, watercolor, May 10 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce

Acropolis, view from Olympeion, with poppy, pencil sketch/watercolor, September 13 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce

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2014 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY OTHERS

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2014-09-28 by henrieta-maneva the-caryatid-porch-of-the-erechtheion

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2014-03-01 by Judith Carducci, Aphrodite Over the Acropolis at Dawn — Athens, Greece

2014-03-01 by Judith Carducci, Aphrodite Welcomes a New Day — The Acropolis and the Temple of Zeus, Athens, Greece

2014-03-01 by Judith Carducci, First Light, Parthenon and Temple of Zeus

2014-03-01 by Judith Carducci, The Parthenon at Sunset — Athens, Greece

2014-03-01 by Judith Carducci, Athens at Sunset — Athens, Greece

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2013 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY OTHERS

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2013-04-06 by Ezzat - Acropolis – Greece Painting

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2012 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY OTHERS

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2012-10-22 by George Rossidis The Parthenon

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2011 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY OTHERS

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2011-09-25 by pantelis zografos Acropolis Athens02

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2010 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY OTHERS

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2010-07-27 by Jim DiVitale Parthenon

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2010-07-12 Karyatids-Acropolis3

2010-07-12 Erechtheion-Acropolis1

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1805-1845 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY OTHERS

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1848-07-23 Edward Lear, Athens

1848-06-12 Edward Lear, Athens, A

1848-06-12 Edward Lear, Athens from Mount Lycabettus

1848-06-08 Edward Lear, Athens

1848-06-05-06-07 Edward Lear, Athens, B

1848-06-05-06-07 Edward Lear, Athens, A

1848-06-05-06 Edward Lear, Athens [Hephaisteion]

1848-06-05 by Edward Lear, Athens, Temple of Minerva, Private Collection

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1830s, by Panagiotis Zografos, The Siege of Athens in 1827.

1821 by Edward Dodwell, View of the Parthenon from the Propylea

1821 by Edward Dodwell, west front of the Parthenon'-drawing

1805 after by Edward Dodwell and Filippo Maria Giuntotardi. West Portico of the Parthenon, Athens, Watercolor.

1805 after, by Simone Pomardi, The Erechtheion, Athens, Watercolor

1805 by Edward Dodwell, The Parthenon, Athens, Watercolor

1805 after, by Simone Pomardi, The Erechtheion, Athens, watercolor.

1805 by Simone Pomardi, View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea, sepia.

1805 by Edward Dodwell and/or Simone Pomardi, Removal of Sculptures from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin’s Men, after 1801, watercolor

1805 Athens, from top of Mousaion Hill, 1805, Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi

1784 after by Leo von Klenze A reconstruction of ancient Athens at the time of Pericles,acropilis.r.s

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Exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens

"A dream among splendid ruins…"

Strolling through the Athens of travelers 17th-19th century

The new temporary exhibition was designed to provide an imaginary stroll through monumental Athens between the 17th and 19th centuries. Our companions on this stroll are the European travelers who undertook the "Grand Tour" to the capital city of Hellenism and who, inspired by the movement of Classicism, recorded the "splendid ruins" of its historical past. Twenty-two illustrated travel publications and twenty-four original works of art — oil paintings, watercolors, and engravings from the Library collections of the Hellenic Parliament — offer landscapes, images, monuments, and specific moments from the Athens of travelers, feeding our imagination and setting starting-points for our own, personal readings. Thirty-five marble sculptures from the National Archaeological Museum, many of them presented here for the first time, converse with the travelers' works, complementing their charming narrative of the city's monumental topography. The museum experience is supplemented by music from the travelers' homelands as well as by Greek music such as that recorded by the French composer and music theorist L.A. Bourgault-Ducoudray during his visit to Athens in 1874-1875.

The cultural environment in which European traveling flourished was directly linked to the intensification of the study of classical antiquity and systematization of archaeological research. Integrated into the same context is the formation of the first private archaeological collections and archaeological museums in Europe, as well as the dark side of traveling -the "mania" for antiquities and their plundering-, both of which increased the awareness of the newly-formed Greek state and led to the establishment of a national policy for the protection of antiquities and creation of archaeological museums.

The exhibition was organised with the cooperation of the Hellenic Parliament Library. Into the total of 76 exhibits are included works of sculpture and archive records from the National Archaeological Museum, along with etchings, paintings and illustrated editions from the Collection of Artworks and the Library of the Hellenic Parliament. Works of art on loan from the Museum of the City of Athens and the General State Archives of Greece also feature among the exhibits. The exhibition is enriched with digital applications that enhance visitors' sense of direction around the monumental landscape of the city, enable them to leaf through pictures of illustrated books on display, offer them the opportunity to glimpse into the everyday life of the city, as this comes alive with the aid of technology, and to reflect back, by way of images, photos and selected extracts from travelers' texts as well as those of institutional representatives of the new Greek state, on the relationship people who lived then in Athens, permanently or temporarily, had with antiquities. The exhibition is accompanied by a scholarly catalogue in Greek and in Englishpublished by the Archaeological Receipts Fund.

A short film presenting the exhibition (in greek) is available online:

( please using the right click of your mouse, and Open Link in Next Private Window, )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehqGYoLcbvA

It is directed by Andonis Theocharis Kioukas. Original music: Demetres Papademetriou.

Finally, this temporary exhibition can be seen as the precursor of an important approaching anniversary. In 2016, the National Archaeological Museum will celebrate 150 years since its foundation. The new exhibition of the National Archaeological Museum brings out the incipient cultural environment to which the Museum owes its foundation, while the long chronicle of the museum's founding, character, history, and activities, so closely bound with the modern history of Greece, will be unravelled in a series of upcoming events. The first one is now presented in a separate hall adjacent to the exhibition of the Travelers. It is a special visual installation the artistic curation of which was undertaken by Andonis Theocharis Kioukas. Enriched with music and film projections, the installation makes use of old showcases from the first years of the Museum's operation, subtly making an effort to elucidate the secret thread that connects all those that the National Archaeological Museum carries in its entrails and transports through time functioning as an ark of concepts and universal values.

Duration: 8th September, 2015 – 24th July, 2016

Operating hours (until 31st October): Monday-Sunday 08:00-20:00

Address: National Archaeological Museum, 44 Patission str., Athens 10682

Tel. +30 213214 4891 Fax: +30 210 8213573

Email: eam@culture.gr

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