Roubien, Denis <br/><br/>
Creating modern Athens :  a capital between East and West / 
Denis Roubien. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2017 
 - x, 138 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Ideology: the revival of ancient glory: The ideological background of the creation of neo-classical Athens: the different priorities between idealism and rationalism in establishing a European capital, and the importance of cultural institutions -- The relationship of the neo-classical city with the antiquities --  Part II. The treatment of the pre-revolutionary town: The connection of the neo-classical city with the old one: the treatment of Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches and pre-revolutionary houses -- Housing a European capital in a small Ottoman town: the use of the pre-revolutionary buildings of Athens for housing the official functions of the new capital --  Part III. Creation of the new city: the actual circumstances: The role of land availability -- Functionalism in the creation of the new city -- The role of official functions in the evolution of the city of Athens -- Public space and monumental architecture: from the grandiose plans of a European metropolis to a peripheral capital between East and West. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138291669  hardback  ebook 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City planning--History--Greece--Athens<br/>Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Greece--Athens
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Greece--Capital and capitol--History<br/>Athens (Greece)--Buildings, structures, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.1216