9781584560913 - Athens: from the Classical Period to the Present Day 5th Century B.c.-a.d. 2000 (2 results)
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Cloth w/dust jacket. 4to. Cloth w/dust jacket. 540 pages. First edition. In commemoration of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, twenty outstanding scholars have set about to celebrate, with prose and illustration, 2,500 years of Greece's most famous city. This unique work, with its collection of rare drawings and photographs, e…xplores the historical Athens from its Classical beginnings to the city's rebirth as the bustling, modern capitol of the Greek nation. The reader is invited to view many beautiful illustrations that capture Athens' timeless architecture, mosaics, wall-paintings and sculpture that have fascinated both ancient and modern travelers. Each scholar/author shares with us their special insight into the many facets of the city's long history. The text of this work is presented in seventeen well-written chapters that focus on the city's architecture, art, culture, monuments, landscape, history and urban development. These essays allow the reader to form a multi-dimensional understanding of this birthplace of Democracy and origin of Western Thought and Civilization.
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Published by Athens & New Castle: Kotinos & Oak Knoll Press, 2003, 2003
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- First Edition
Seller: Atlantic Bookshop, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Atlantic Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folio, cloth, dust jacket, 521pp., ills. Edition of 2,000 copies. VG/VG: a clean, bright and sound book with mild bumps to 3 corners, a moderate bump to the 4th; a clean and whole jacket but dust soiling and rubbing evident at the rear. Extra postage… will be asked (8).
