tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post5282882748007994735..comments2024-03-28T17:46:07.937+00:00Comments on The Edithorial: Hellenic Heroes in Lovely LancashireEdith Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-42521543426538423702016-12-09T22:00:43.984+00:002016-12-09T22:00:43.984+00:00Edith, I've been researching the Acropolis mod...Edith, I've been researching the Acropolis model in the ROM (the one currently on display), and I'm not sure it's the one about which Henry Holiday writes. It's my understanding that an original was created by Greek artists under Gorham Stevens' direction, and then a copy was made and donated to the ROM by W.C. Laidlaw (with additional copies sent to the Met and Cuba, of all places). Then additions/elaborations were made to the model by Sylvia Hahn (whom I've been researching). I've found Holiday's mention of this model on p. 308 of his memoirs, but I've found no mention of him in ROM publications related to their Acropolis model - see, for example, Phoenix 1960 (vol. 14, no. 3), 146-150. If you've found anything more to suggest that these two models are one and the same, I'd be much appreciative. Many thanks, Jacquelyn Clements.Jacquelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099573689214856008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-81351059775521923452016-05-09T05:22:00.332+01:002016-05-09T05:22:00.332+01:00No! Because they are underneath the figures on top...No! Because they are underneath the figures on top row and I couldn't get in close enough. Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-13464192911953736692016-05-09T05:20:58.560+01:002016-05-09T05:20:58.560+01:00Thanks so much for this! The Holiday windows are w...Thanks so much for this! The Holiday windows are wonderful. He had a great passion for ancient Egypt and it is nice to see his Egyptians doing so much cooking!Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-14952705128325521912016-05-09T01:15:27.062+01:002016-05-09T01:15:27.062+01:00Current ROM Acropolis "model shows the comple...Current ROM Acropolis "model shows the complex of buildings known as the Acropolis of Athens, as it was during the Athenian “Golden Age”, about 400 BC. It was made in Athens in the 1940s under the direction of G.P. Stevens of the American School of Classical Studies. Additions were made by Sylvia Hahn, working under the direction of J. Walter Graham at the ROM. Scale 1:200." <br />However, ROM has the design sketches for the 3 windows by Holiday at UofT, see http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/trl/2014/02/100-years-of-light-the-stained-glass-story-at-the-lillian-massey-building.htmlWreadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972553966031632844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-72780442929975505772016-05-04T06:29:02.457+01:002016-05-04T06:29:02.457+01:00Not enough photo to go on here, Edith. Have you re...Not enough photo to go on here, Edith. Have you recorded the names separately?Cambrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472704722131385377noreply@blogger.com