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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dimitris N. Karidis (Professor Emeritus, National Technical University of Athens)Publisher: Archaeopress Imprint: Archaeopress Archaeology Weight: 0.768kg ISBN: 9781803270685ISBN 10: 1803270683 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 24 March 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface ; On the Narrative and the Meta-narrative ; On the nature of ‘Biography’ ; Karl Friedrich Schinkel ; George Christian Gropius ; Eduard Schaubert, Stamatios Kleanthes and ‘their’ plan of Athens ; Introduction (A) ; Back to Euclide’s Elements of Geometry ; The north-south and east-west axes anchoring the plan ; The over-estimated Propylaia and the under-estimated Library of Hadrian in reading the 1833 plan ; A new plan or an extension plan for the old town? ; An Urban Interlude on 17th-19th c. European Extension Plans ; Introduction (B) ; The Roman paradigm ; Eclectic relations between the Athens plan and Schinkel’s architecture and urban design (1) ; Eclectic relations between the Athens plan and Schinkel’s architecture and urban design (2) ; Act One (in Two Scenes) ; Close encounters in Athens, Rome and Berlin ; Act Two (in Two Scenes) ; The meta-narrative approach to the authorship of the 1833 new Athens plan ; Act Three (in Four Scenes) ; Urban design in and outside Berlin – philosophical views on social priorities ; Act Four (in Six Scenes) ; Transcendental life ; Epilogue ; Bibliography ; IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDimitris N. Karidis is an architect and urban historian, Professor Emeritus of National Technical University of Athens. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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