Newsgroups: bit.listserv.hellas
Date:         Sun, 22 Nov 1992 12:05:10 CST
Reply-To:     Peter Vafeades <peter@ENGR.TRINITY.EDU>
From:         Peter Vafeades <peter@ENGR.TRINITY.EDU>
Subject:      To Ellnviko 0auma stous New York Times
Comments: To: hellas@engr.Trinity.EDU

Oi snmerivoi NYT tns Kuriakns sto tmnma Arts & Leisure exouv megalo ar0ro
sxetika me tnv ek0esn autn.
O titlos tou ar0rou <Sublime Sculpture in a Dubious Setting> efrazei tis
apoyeis tou ar0rografou Michael Kimmelman o opoios isxurizetai:
1.  0ewrei ta erga texvns adiafmisbntns a3ias kai embeleias
2.  Ekfrazei avnsuxia me tous kivduvous va xa0ouv kata tnv metafora tetoia
politistika mvnmeia
3.  Dev upnrxe eparkns aitiologia gia toso spoudaia ek0esn - ta 2.500 xrovia
tns dnmokratias (arxizei me tnv eklogn tou Kleis0evn to 508-7 p.X.) kai
3erei oti o pragmatikos logos tns ek0esns eivai ellnvikn politikn propagavda.
Avarwtietai av prepei tetoia mvnmeia tns pagkosmias texvns va metakivouvtai
gia politikous logous.
4.  H ellnvikn pleura apesure duo glupta apo tnv ek0esn gia va mnv diatre3ei tov
kivduvo va xa0ouv (o Zeus tou Artemisiou kai o oreixalkivos ama3nlatns twv
Delfwv)
5.  H ek0esn dev eivai epistnmovikn (scholarly) giati dev 0etei kamia
erwtnsn aplws evtupwsiazei.  Rwtaei eav ta ek0emata exouv sxesn me to
0ema kai telos pavtwv rwtaei poia eivai n evotnta.

Ta ek0emata perilambavouv:
Marmarivo agalma tou 0nsea apo to Mouseio tns Rwmns
Marmarivo agalma polemistn apo tn Glufo0nkn tou Movaxou
oreixalkivn kefaln <Chatsworth> apo to Bretaviko mouseio
marmarivn plaka apo tnv metwpn tou Par0evwva
apo to vao tns Nikns stnln me tnv Nikn va devei ta savdalia tns
marmarivn plaka me tnv morfn tns A0nvas va akoumpa sto doru tns
o Kritios
o Hraklns ka0ws dexetai ta xrusa mnla twv esperidwv (vaos tou Dios Olumpia)

Episns perilambavei kai epitumbies stnles kai alla erga - suvolika eivai 34.

Kata tnv gvwmn mou n ek0esn autn sugkevtrwvei mia seira gluptwv pou perilamba-
vovtai se ola ta biblia istorias tns texvns sav arxetupa deigmata ttns
arxaias Ellnvikns texvns kai n a3ia tous eivai avamfisbntntn.  O ar0rografos
dev 3erw av exei kapoia skopimotnta tnv opoia e3upnretei me tnv kritikn tou
n opoia suxva mou faivetai kakopistn kai kakoproairetn. Apo akadnma.i.kns
pleuras omws exei sigoura dikaio se merikes paratnrnseis tou.  Sigoura n
ek0esn autn dev orgavw0nke gia epistnmovikous logous alla dev eimaste da
kai toso afeleis wste va pisteyoume oti tetoies ek0eseis givovtai xwris va
e3upnretouv kapoia skopimotnta.  To erwtnma tou av prepei n texvn va
e3upnretei tis skopimotntes politikwv n' kratwv eivai megalo kai avoixto
edw kai xrovia kai dev eivai dikaio va egeiretai movo otav erxetai mia
a3iologn ellnvikn ek0esn se autn tnv xwra.  Prepei omws va dex0oume oti
autn tnv fora n politikn skopimotnta parantav ekdnln kai  n opoia epistnmovikn
n' politistikn epifasn dev ntav eparkns.  Fobamai pws eivai ligo sav guftiko
pazari opou bgalame ta iera kai osia keimnlia twv progovwv mas gia va
sugivnsoume kai va 0umisoume tnv kataboln mas.  To lupnro eivai pws EXOUME
a3iologotatous arxaiologous kai kritikous tns texvns pou 0a ntav ikavoi va
proteivouv mia pio ousiastikn ek0esn pou 0a epefere to po0nto politiko
apotelesma xwris va dwsoume labes se kritikous sav tov k. Kimmelmav.

Eivai bebaia toso snmavtikn n ek0esn kai toso teleia ta deigmata pou ais0avomai
terastia pernfaveia kai 0a pame sigoura n' stnv Ouasivgktov n' stnv Nea Uorkn
va ta doume.  Malista 0a dw kai poioi alloi apo to pavepistnmio edw 0a evdiafe-
rovtai va douve autn tnv ek0esn gia va pame sav omada (dev milaw gia ellnves
foitntes twra giati dev exoume para kava duo movo).

Petros Bafeiadns
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