Athens : from the Classical period to the present day (5th century B.C.-A.D. 2000) / contributors, Manolis Korres [and others]. ; editorial committee, Charalambos Bouras [and others] ; English translation supervised by Timothy Cullen.

Other author Korres, M. (Manolēs)
Other author Bouras, Charalampos.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2003.
Descriptionx, 521 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm
Subjects
Architecture--Greece. --Athens.
Athens (Greece)--Civilization.

Contents Athenian classical architecture / M. Korres -- Great sculpture in fifth-century Athens / Angelos Delivorrias -- Athenian democracy / M.B. Sakellariou -- Philosophy in Athens (from Anaxagoras to Damascius) / Linos G. Benakis -- Planning and architecture in Hellenistic Athens / Charalambos Bouras -- Urban development and monumental buildings in Athens under Augustus and Hadrian / Alkistis Spetsieri-Choremi -- Athens from late antiquity to the Turkish conquest / Maria Kazanaki-Lappa -- Middle Byzantine Athens: planning and architecture / Charalambos Bouras -- Mosaics and wall-paintings in Byzantine and Postbyzantine churches in Athens / Nano Chatzidakis -- The rediscovery of Athens by artist travelers / Fani-Maria Tsigakou -- From the 19th to the 21st century: metamorphoses of archaeological landscape in Athens / Fani Mallouchou-Tufano -- The antiquities of Athens through the eyes of foreign travelers / Martin Kreeb -- The founding of modern Athens: the new city plan and urban development / Manos Biris -- The formation of Athenian neoclassicism / Georgios A. Panetsos -- Public interest in modern architecture in Athens between the wars / Panayotis Tournikiotis -- Contemporary architecture in Athens / Dimitris Philippidis -- Athens today / Nikos Vatopoulos.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002030712
ISBN1584560916

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