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    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail
    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail
    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail
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    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail

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      Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895

      Fragments of Greek Detail

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      The Brochure Series

      OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION.

      FRAGMENTS OF GREEK DETAIL.

      The Art of Greece during the fifth century, B.C., was developed in an amazingly short time from a condition of almost archaic rudeness to that of the greatest perfection which the world has ever seen.

      At the close of the Persian wars the Athenians, under Pericles, began rebuilding their city and perfecting themselves in all the arts of civilization, and their progress in the next half century will always be a subject for wonder. It is especially wonderful that works of art of the character produced at this time should have been the outcome of political maneuvering: for if Plutarch is to be credited the scheming of Pericles to obtain and hold possession of the government of Athens was the immediate cause of the erection of these marvellous monuments. In order to increase his influence with the common people Pericles devoted the treasure which had been contributed by the other Greek cities for defence against the barbarians to the beautifying of Athens, and to furnishing them with games and amusements, and especially to the erection of the group of temples upon the Acropolis, in this way distributing patronage and keeping his people employed much as a modern political boss does the same in our day.

      The Parthenon, which is esteemed the grandest of all monuments of Greek art,

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