THE REAL LIFE OF THE PARTHENON
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Dedication
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: SAILING, THOUGH STILL ALL THESE AGES
1. TO SHINE WITH NEW SPLENDOR
2. SOME JAGGED EDGES
3. A FITTING COUNTERPART
4. THE LIGHT OF CURIOSITY
5. DESIRES AND ASSUMPTIONS
1. BEAUTY EVERYWHERE
2. A LIFE THAT IS NOT OURS
3. SEEKING HUMAN VICTORY
4. SO MANY CENTURIES
5. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
6. THE BLISS OF LIFE
1. UNCERTAINTIES, MYSTERIES, AND DOUBTS
2. THE GLEAM OF PAST HAPPENINGS
3. THEFT AND PLEASURE
4. BEAUTIFUL NOMADS
5. EVERYONE’S CONCERN
6. A TALISMAN OF IMAGINATION
1. SUCCESSIVE OCCUPATIONS
2. DISPERSING THE PAGES
3. READING FOR THE FUTURE
4. INTIMACY OR ELECTRICITY?
1. INTIMATIONS OF THE LOCAL TONGUE
2. MELTING THE DISTANCE
3. DREAMS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS
4. INSIDE DELUSION AND DREAM
5. FROM THE LUMINOUS NOW . . .
6. . . . TO THE LUMINOUS FUTURE
1. FIRST FRAGMENTS
2. JUST A CHARADE
3. A LARGER WORLD
4. THE LOCAL TONGUE
5. SEEING AND UNSEEING
6. SOME PRECIOUS THINGS
1. HANDMADE IMAGES
2. THE HARDNESS OF LAVA
3. THE TOMB OF THE DIVER
4. FACING DOWN ABDUCTION
5. TO EMBRACE THE DEAD
1. BEING THERE
2. CONTEMPLATIVE DISTRACTION
3. DEMYSTIFYING LOSS
4. VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES
5. LETTING GO
1. POSSESSION AND DISPOSSESSION
2. AGAIN-BITE OF PATRIMONY
3. SHIFTING THE CENTER
4. THE TRACK TO THE PAST
5. EDGE AND POINT
1. NOSTOS
2. SMILING DIFFERENTLY
3. REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF ART
4. HISTORY WITHOUT RESENTMENT
5. DIASPORA’S SONG
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
WORKS CONSULTED
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
21ST CENTURY ESSAYS: David Lazar and Patrick Madden, Series Editors