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Rather than a taking a strictly chronological approach to classical Greek architecture, the author features selected representatives of Mycenaean and Hellenistic styles in this reissue of the Faber and Faber English translation of a 1972 work published by Electa, Milan. Distributed by Phaidon.
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This impressive volume was written to commemorate the 2004 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Athens. The chapters, by scholars who are affiliated with institutions in Greece, give the history of Athens from the classical period through the present. Architecture, sculpture, philosophy, urban development and planning, and Byzantine art and architecture receive extensive treatment in separate chapters.
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Greek temples captivate anyone with an interest in antiquity, while the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columnar orders that clad them launched the classical architectural tradition down to modern times. Origins of Classical Architecture proposes ground-breaking new theories in both areas as it elucidates the nature and funtion of Greek architecture. While contextualizing past debate and prevailing evolutionary assumptions, Mark Wilson Jones explains...
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"A revolutionary new understanding of the most famous and influential building in the world, a thesis that calls into question our basic understanding of the ancient civilization that we most identify with. For more than two millennia, the Parthenon has been revered as the symbol of Western culture, the epitome of the ancient society from which we derive our highest ideals. It was understood to honor the city-state's patron deity Athena, and its intricately...
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