Description
Book Synopsis95 colour illustrations.
The Athens Acropolis and its Museum constitute an integrated architectural and artistic unity, one of the most important in the history of global civilization.
This informative and attractive guidebook is designed to be a useful travel companion; its descriptions and interpretative analyses help show the monuments in a new way, through an understanding of the historical, artistic and political events that contributed to their creation.
Through the text 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.
Table of ContentsAthens
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
