The Parthenon : from antiquity to the present /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
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| Description: | xvi, 430 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5814924 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Space and theme: the setting of the Parthenon
- 2. Wealth, power and prestige: Classical Athens at home and abroad
- 3. The architecture and architects of the classical Parthenon
- 4. Bending the truth: curvature and other refinements
- 5. A celebration of victory: the Metopes
- 6. 'Noblest Images on All Sides': the Ionic Frieze
- 7. Fire from heaven: the Pediments and Akroteria
- 8. The statue of Athena and other treasures
- 9. 'Bestride the very peak of heaven': the Parthenon after antiquity
- 10. 'Well recorded worth': photographs of the Parthenon
- 11. The Parthenon in the modern era