Partenon
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
Chwałek, Tomasz, tłumacz.
Published
Poznań : Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, 2018.
ISBN
9788380622586, 8380622588
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Roselle Public Library District - Adult Polish | 938.5 BEA | On Shelf |
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Published
Poznań : Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
231 stron : ilustracje ; 24 cm
Language
pol
ISBN
9788380622586, 8380622588
Notes
General Note
Translation of: The Parthenon.
Bibliography
Bibliografia na stronach 209-217. Indeks.
Description
From the Publisher: Oscar Wilde compared it to a white goddess, Evelyn Waugh to Stilton cheese. In observers from Lord Byron to Sigmund Freud to Virginia Woolf it met with astonishment, rapture, poetry, even tears-and, always, recognition. Twenty-five hundred years after it first rose above Athens, the Parthenon remains one of the wonders of the world, its beginnings and strange turns of fortune over millennia a perpetual source of curiosity, controversy, and intrigue. At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide for tourists, armchair travelers, and amateur archaeologists alike, this book conducts readers through the storied past and towering presence of the most famous building in the world. Who built the Parthenon, and for what purpose? How are we to understand its sculpture? Why is it such a compelling monument? The classicist and historian Mary Beard takes us back to the fifth century B.C. to consider the Parthenon in its original guise-as the flagship temple of imperial Athens, housing an enormous gold and ivory statue of the city's patron goddess attended by an enigmatic assembly of sculptures. Just as fascinating is the monument's far longer life as cathedral church of Our Lady of Athens, as "the finest mosque in the world, " and, finally, as an inspirational ruin and icon. Beard also takes a cool look at the bitter arguments that continue to surround the "Elgin Marbles, " the sculptures from the Parthenon now in the British Museum. Her book constitutes the ultimate tour of the marvelous history and present state of this glory of the Acropolis, and of the world.
Funding Information
2018 Back to Books Grant item, purchased with grant funds awarded under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered by the Illinois State Library with funds received from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Beard, M., & Chwałek, T. (2018). Partenon (Wydanie I.). Dom Wydawniczy Rebis.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Beard, Mary, 1955- and Tomasz, Chwałek. 2018. Partenon. Dom Wydawniczy Rebis.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Beard, Mary, 1955- and Tomasz, Chwałek. Partenon Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Beard, Mary, and Tomasz Chwałek. Partenon Wydanie I., Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, 2018.
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