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Athens : from the Classical period to the present day (5th century B.C.-A.D. 2000) / contributors, Manolis Korres ... [and others]. ; editorial committee, Charalambos Bouras ... [and others] ; English translation supervised by Timothy Cullen.
Fine Arts Library NA1100 .A845 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Greece--Athens.
- Architecture.
- Greece--Athens.
- Athens (Greece)--Civilization.
- Athens (Greece).
- Physical Description:
- x, 521 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; Athens : Kotinos, 2003.
- Summary:
- Keynote Points- Designed in commemoration of the 2004 Summer Olympics- Twenty foremost Greek scholars explore Athens from its Classical beginnings to a bustling modern city- Over 500 illustrations (200+ color & 300+ b/w)
- Contents:
- Athenian classical architecture / M. Korres
- Great sculpture in fifth-century Athens / Angelos Delivorrias
- Athenian democracy / M.B. Sakellariou
- Philosophy in Athens (from Anaxagoras to Damascius) / Linos G. Benakis
- Planning and architecture in Hellenistic Athens / Charalambos Bouras
- Urban development and monumental buildings in Athens under Augustus and Hadrian / Alkistis Spetsieri-Choremi
- Athens from late antiquity to the Turkish conquest / Maria Kazanaki-Lappa
- Middle Byzantine Athens: planning and architecture / Charalambos Bouras
- Mosaics and wall-paintings in Byzantine and Postbyzantine churches in Athens / Nano Chatzidakis
- The rediscovery of Athens by artist travelers / Fani-Maria Tsigakou
- From the 19th to the 21st century: metamorphoses of archaeological landscape in Athens / Fani Mallouchou-Tufano
- The antiquities of Athens through the eyes of foreign travelers / Martin Kreeb
- The founding of modern Athens: the new city plan and urban development / Manos Biris
- The formation of Athenian neoclassicism / Georgios A. Panetsos
- Public interest in modern architecture in Athens between the wars / Panayotis Tournikiotis
- Contemporary architecture in Athens / Dimitris Philippidis
- Athens today / Nikos Vatopoulos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1584560916
- OCLC:
- 50235111
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