089858
Athens
1984
17×24
meki
96
engleski
Price: 8,00 EUR
A visually splendid and expertly conceived historical and archaeological guide through the cradle of European civilization. The entire visual identity, concept, and superb archaeological landscape and studio photographs are credited to the renowned Greek artist and publisher C. Voutsas who documents the timeless beauty of the Athenian Acropolis with an incredible sense of light and detail. The book provides a comprehensive, scholarly, and exceptionally well-organized insight into the most important sacred and architectural complex of the ancient world. Through both text and rich pictorial material, the author guides the reader through the construction history, architectural secrets, and destiny of the Parthenon, the Erechtheion with its famous caryatids, the Temple of Athena Nike, and the monumental Propylaea. A special and highly valuable chapter is dedicated to the Acropolis Museum, offering detailed presentations and descriptions of priceless masterpieces of Archaic and Classical Greek sculpture, reliefs, and votive offerings discovered during a century of excavations on the hill itself. This edition perfectly balances the format of a top-tier handbook for travelers and a valuable monograph for the home library of any enthusiast of ancient history.
