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Answer:In Professor Michaelis’s prefatory letter to Der Pa7^thenon
addressed to Alexander Conze, the author of this completest
of all the works on Pheidias says: “Of course the investiga-
tion of the sculptures of the Parthenon is not completed in any
point by the present work. On the contrary, the new and
finjier foundation which I certainly believe myself to have laid
will, it is to be hoped, incite others to complete the structure in
its various parts.’’ Professor Michaelis’s work has, no doubt, left
its stamp upon all subsequent effoi'ts in this direction: be it
in general treatises, such as Professor Petersen’s Die Kunst
des Pheidias^ and the treatment of this period in the works on
the general history of Greek art which have since appeared ; or
be it in the numerous memoirs on special points of Pheidiac
art that are constantly adding information to the large previous
collections of facts concerning this most important figure in
the history of Greek art.
There^are two obvious courses open to the writer on such a
subject as the art of Pheidias. He may either give a continuous
account of what is known of the life and works of the ancient
artist in the form of a monograph or text-book, or he may
increase the store of general information in a less direct
manner by the separate publication of any new facts or views
which he may acquire as he proceeds in his own studies.
There is, however, a third method which I believe to have
much in its favour. It consists in leading naturally to the
ultimate result of a general and complete knowledge of the
subject as a whole, but the fixing of this knowledge in the
mind of the reader is effected by means of a continuous series
PREFACE.
viii
of separate investigations arranged in a methodical manner so
as to enter into every special question and still to cover the
whole ground of enquiry. This method has been followed in
the present work and marks as well its aims as its origin and
history.
The idea of the book actually originated with the discovery
of the Louvre Plaque in January i88i; though the interpretaitlon
of the figures from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon as
Thalassa and Gaia dates back to my student-days in 1873-4.
This was followed by several other studies concerning the art
of Pheidias which have modified the contents, and sometimes
delayed the publication, of these Essays.
These discoveries no doubt vary in importance, and must
be taken for what they are worth. But I believe that in every
case r may claim for them the recognition due to first-hind
research and to honesty of work and purpose. ®
Each of these separate discoveries, however, serves to
specify one group of the works of Pheidias or one side of his
artistic character, and all illustrate the chief methods of archaeo-
logical enquiry. Thus, after the first two essays, the resrserve
to complete the whole range of the subject. The sculptures of
the Parthenon are dealt with in five essays as they naturally
follow one another in time and in the growth of the artist’s
own development: the third deals with the Metopes, the fourth
with the Western Pediment, the fifth with the Eastern Pediment,
the sixth with the Frieze, and the seventh with the subject of
the Frieze. The eighth deals with the gold and ivory statues,
while the ninth and last considers the influence of the work of
Pheidias upon the Attic sculpture of the period immediately
succeeding the age of Pericles.
These seven essays are preceded by two of a more
general character, the one on the methods of the study of
archaeology, the other on the spirit of the art of Pheidias.
These are meant to prepare the reader for the ready ap-
preciation of the investigations following them. Since the
first essay was written the conditions concerning the study of
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