The Parthenon : from antiquity to the present / edited by Jenifer Neils. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xvi, 430 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Space and theme : the setting of the Parthenon / Jeffrey M. Hurwit -- Wealth, power, and prestige : classical Athens at home and abroad / Lisa Kallet -- The architecture and architects of the classical Parthenon / Barbara A. Barletta -- Bending the truth : curvature and other refinements / Lothar Haselberger -- A celebration of victory : the metopes / Katherine Schwab -- "Noblest images on all sides" : the ionic frieze / Jenifer Neils -- Fire from heaven : the pediments and akroteria / Olga Palagia -- The statue of Athena and other treasures / Kenneth Lapatin -- "Bestride the very peak of heaven" : the Parthenon after antiquity / Robert Ousterhout -- "Well recorded worth" : photographs of the Parthenon / Andrew Szegedy-Maszak -- The Parthenon in the modern era / Richard A. Etlin.

9780521820936 (hbk.) 0521820936 (hbk.) 9780521164825 (pbk.)


Parthenon (Athens, Greece)


Athens (Greece)--Antiquities

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