THE ARCHITECTS OF THE PARTHENON : The Architect and Society Series (A Pelican Original)
by Carpenter, Rhys; (John Fleming & Hugh Honour, Editors)
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0140211195
- ISBN 13
- 9780140211191
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Penguin Books, 1970. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; strong & sound w/rubs to all leading edges & light surface wear & soiling. A study of the coming to being of the Parthenon, the Greek temple of Athene Parthenos build on the Acropolis at Athens in 447 - 432 BC by Pericles to commemorate recent Greek victory over the Persians. Art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr Colleges within the context of the social and cultural environments of the time, and the dynamics between the two principle architects Kallikrates [Callicrates] and Iktinos [Ictinus]. 193 pages w/some 70 illustrations. 4 chapters: 1, The Parthenon of Kallikrates; 2, Kimon & Pericles; 3, Kallikrates; and 4, Iktinos.
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- Title
- THE ARCHITECTS OF THE PARTHENON : The Architect and Society Series (A Pelican Original)
- Author
- Carpenter, Rhys; (John Fleming & Hugh Honour, Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140211195
- ISBN 13
- 9780140211191
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Architectural History/Greek Temples/Callicrates/Ictinus/Society
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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