Main entry:

Hurwit, Jeffrey M., 1949-

Title & Author:

The Acropolis in the age of Pericles / Jeffrey M. Hurwit.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Description:

xxvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps

Notes:
Abridged, rev., updated, and reorganized version of the author's The Athenian Acropolis: history, mythology, and archaeology from the Neolitihic era to the present, published in 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.
1. The rock and the Goddess -- 2. Landscape of memory : the past on the classical Acropolis -- 3. Pericles, Athens, and the building program -- 4. The Parthenon -- 5. The Propylaia -- 6. The Erechtheion : the classical temple of Athena Polias -- 7. The sanctuary of Athena Nike -- 8. The rest of the program -- 9. Conclusion : the Periclean Acropolis as a whole.

Summary:

"This book is an abridged and revised edition of the author's The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology, and Archaeology from the Neolithic Era to the Present. It focuses specifically on the development of the Acropolis in the fifth century BC and the building program initiated by Pericles. Placing the century-long development within its historical and cultural contexts, Jeffrey M. Hurwit explores the physical nature of the Acropolis itself, the character of the goddess Athena, and how the building program exploits and reveals the Acropolis's own venerable history. He also offers an interpretation of the thematic unity that links the many structures of the Periclean Acropolis. Incorporating the latest discoveries and research on individual monuments of the Acropolis, this edition is illustrated with 144 halftones as well as a CD-ROM including 180 color images of the monuments of the Acropolis."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN:

0521820405
9780521820400
0521527406 (pb.)
9780521527408 (pb.)

Subject:

Monuments Conservation and restoration Greece Athens (Greece)
Excavations (Archaeology) Greece Athens (Greece)
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Monuments Conservation and restoration.
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece) Antiquities.
Acropole (Athènes, Grèce)
Greece Athens.
Greece Athens Acropolis.

Form/genre:

Compact discs.
Optical disks.
CD-ROMs.

Added entries:

Hurwit, Jeffrey M., 1949- Athenian Acropolis.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232023
Call No.: DF287.A2 H87 2004
Status: Available