The Acropolis through its Museum /

Valavanes, Panos

The Acropolis through its Museum / Panos Valavanis, translation Alexandra Doumas. - Athens : Kapon, 2023, c2014. - 159 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Bibliography: page 159.

Athens -- In the Museum basements -- Ascending... to the exhibition space and the slopes of the Sacred Rock -- Houses and minor sanctuaries -- The sanctuary of Nymphe -- The Asklepieion -- The sanctuary of Dionysos and the theatre -- The Acropolis -- Prehistory -- The Archaic Acropolis -- The pediments -- The ex-votos -- The korai -- The Acropolis during the Persian Wars -- Works in the 'Severe Style' -- The Classical Acropolis -- Monuments of the Sacred Rock outside the Museum -- The Propylaia -- The temple of Athena or Wingless Nike -- The Erechtheion -- The Karyatids and the frieze -- Ex-votos on the Acropolis -- The Parthenon -- Historical and political background -- Architectural features -- The sculpted decoration -- The metopes -- The frieze -- The role of the frieze -- Frieze and art -- Frieze and politics -- The coloration of the monuments -- The pediments -- Stylistic and interpretative approach -- The akroteria of the Parthenon -- The cult statue -- Ideology and politics in the Acropolis monuments.

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