| Description |
48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge educational |
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Cambridge introduction to the history of mankind : Topic book |
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Cambridge educational.
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| Contents |
1. How the Parthenon came to be built. The Persian wars -- The Delian League becomes an Athenian empire -- The decision to build the Parthenon -- 2. How the Greeks worshipped their gods and goddesses. The Greek gods and goddesses -- Temple plans: four basic types -- Temple design: the Doric and Ionic orders -- Structural principles -- 3. Building the Parthenon. Planning -- Preparing the ground -- Quarrying and transport -- Setting up the peristyle -- Building the walls -- The interior -- Roofing -- Finishing -- Refinements -- The men who built the Parthenon -- 4. The sculptures of the Parthenon. The position of the sculptures -- The metopes 447-442 BC -- The frieze 442-438 BC -- What makes people think the sculpture is so beautiful? -- The pediments 438-432 BC -- The celebrated statue of Athena -- The men who made the sculptures of the Parthenon -- 5. The Parthenon in the fifth century BC and later. The Parthenon in Periclean Athens -- The Parthenon under the Romans -- The Parthenon as a church and a mosque -- The explosion of 1687: the Parthenon in ruins -- The Elgin Marbles -- The present: the Parthenon in danger again |
| Summary |
An account of the design, building, decoration, and eventual destruction of the temple dedicated to Athena, and aspects of Greek life and worship |
| Analysis |
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) |
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Architecture, Ancient |
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Architecture, Greek |
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Athens |
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Greece |
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Parthenon (Athens, Greece) |
| Notes |
Also published: Minneapolis: Lerner, 1983 |
| Subject |
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
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Parthenon (Athens, Greece) -- Juvenile literature.
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| LC no. |
80041277 |
| ISBN |
0521226295 |
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9780521226295 |
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