Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis focuses on the architectural complex generally considered to be one of the outstanding achievements of Western civilization. Though the buildings and sculpture of the Acropolis have been scrutinized by scholars for more than a c…
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Lesley Beaumont offers an in-depth study of children and childhood in ancient Athens. It concentrates not only on a child's experience of childhood, but also examines the perceptions of children and childhood by Athenian society.
Abandoning a French look on the subject, Mrs. Bossan, the author, develops her study with a dichotomous vision: that of time that touches the history of mankind and that of geography and sociology, which lead to an almost ethnographic analysis. The author dissects the shoe and a…
This book discusses the privileging and prohibition of religious images over two and a half millennia in the West.
A study of images used in Protestant churches during the period of their definition by Martin Luther.
A study of images used in Protestant churches during the period of their definition by Martin Luther.
