The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis
Subtitle: The Classical Building (Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis)
Edition: Bk&Acces edition
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athen
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780876619414
Subjects: Architecture; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Propylaea (Acropolis, Athens,; Athens (Greece); Archaeology; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: World; Ancient Greece; Excavations (Archaeology); Ancient - Greece; Antiquities; Propylaea (Acropolis, Athens, Greece); Athens; Greece
First sentence: THE EVIDENCE IS OBTAINED, NATURALLY, BY WORKING BACKWARD from the actual remains, as if lifting up a succession of overlays, with the developed project on top and the original idea at the bottom, on which a modern architect might have evolved a scheme.