Synopses & Reviews
Offers an overview of a classical monument interjected with the discoveries of modern scholarship.
Review
"...this is a tome for specialists - and, as such, rather a good one." -- Times Literary Supplement
Table of Contents
1. Space and theme: the setting of the Parthenon Jeffery Hurwit; 2. Wealth, power and prestige: Classical Athens at home and abroad Lisa Kallet; 3. The architecture and architects of the classical Parthenon Barbara A. Barletta; 4. Bending the truth: curvature and other refinements Lothar Haselberger; 5. A celebration of victory: the Metopes Katherine Schwab; 6. 'Noblest Images on All Sides': the Ionic Frieze Jenifer Neils; 7. Fire from heaven: the Pediments and Akroteria Olga Palagia; 8. The statue of Athena and other treasures Kenneth Lapatin; 9. 'Bestride the very peak of heaven': the Parthenon after antiquity Robert Ousterhout; 10. 'Well recorded worth': photographs of the Parthenon Andrew Szegedy-Maszak; 11. The Parthenon in the modern era Richard A. Etlin.