Overview

95 colour illustrations. Distributed by University of Exeter Press. Acropolis: Visiting its Museum and its Monuments, the outcome of assiduous research based on the most recent scientific findings, aims to be a friendly and useful travel companion. Its descriptions and interpretative analyses help us to see the monuments in a different way and to understand the historical, artistic and political events that contributed to their creation. Through the texts and the illustrations we get to know the gods and heroes who were worshipped on the Acropolis, the leaders who envisaged the major projects, the artists who brought them to fruition, as well as the innovative ideas they applied and the Athenian citizens who admired and enjoyed these achievements. This little book will help us to explore and engage with the monuments of Athens, not with awe but with the joy that springs from knowledge.

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Author:   Panos Valavanis ,  Valavanis Panos
Publisher:   Kapon Editions
Imprint:   Kapon Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9789606878749

ISBN 10:   9606878740
Pages:   64
Publication Date:   31 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Athens THE ANCIENT CITY THE MUSEUM AND THE BASEMENTS THE EXHIBITS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RAMP The Sanctuary of Nymphe The Asklepieion The Sanctuary of Dionysos and the Theatre The Acropolis DURING PREHISTORIC AND ARCHAIC TIMES The Archaic pediments The ex-votos The horsemen The korai DURING THE PERSIAN WARS Works in the Severe Style THE CLASSICAL ACROPOLIS THE PROPYLAIA THE TEMPLE OF ATHENA or WINGLESS NIKE THE ERECHTHEION The Karyatids and the frieze EX-VOTOS ON THE ACROPOLIS The Parthenon Historical and political context Architectural features THE SCULPTED DECORATION The metopes The frieze Frieze and Panathenaia Frieze and art Frieze and politics The colours of the monuments The pediments Stylistic and interpretative approach The akroteria The cult statue Ideology and politics in the Acropolis monuments

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Panos Valavanis (1954) is professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Athens, teaching and searching in the fields of classical vase painting, topography of ancient Athens, classical architecture, Greek athletics and ancient Greek technology. He has taken part in a lot of excavations in Greece at the field and in the publishing of the finds. He is especially interested in the dissemination of the current research to the wider public.

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