The Parthenon
Subtitle: from antiquity to the present
By: edited by Jenifer Neils
Contributors: Neils, Jenifer, 1950-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Parthenon (Athens, Greece); Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-422) and index
Table of contents: title: Space and theme : the setting of the Parthenon / Jeffrey M. Hurwit; title: Wealth, power, and prestige : classical Athens at home and abroad / Lisa Kallet; title: The architecture and architects of the classical Parthenon / Barbara A. Barletta; title: Bending the truth : curvature and other refinements / Lothar Haselberger; title: A celebration of victory : the metopes / Katherine Schwab; title: "Noblest images on all sides" : the ionic frieze / Jenifer Neils; title: Fire from heaven : the pediments and akroteria / Olga Palagia; title: The statue of Athena and other treasures / Kenneth Lapatin; title: "Bestride the very peak of heaven" : the Parthenon after antiquity / Robert Ousterhout; title: "Well recorded worth" : photographs of the Parthenon / Andrew Szegedy-Maszak; title: The Parthenon in the modern era / Richard A. Etlin