Land of Lost Gods : The Search for Classical Greece
Richard. Stoneman
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | London : : I.B.Tauris, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (374 p.)
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| Utgave | [2] rev. ed.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Preface; Introduction; 1. Prologue: The Treasure of Constantinople; 2. Cyriac of Ancona and his Contemporaries; 3. Collectors and Antiquaries: The Arundel Marbles; 4. Antiquaries and Explorers: The Visit of Jacques Spon and George Wheler; 5. Marbles for the French King, 1667-1789; 6. The Society of Dilettanti and the Greek Revival; 7. The Picturesque and the Topographers; 8. A Tale of Three Cities: London, Munich and Paris; 9. The Lions of Asia Minor; 10. The German Kingdom; 11. The Race of Empires; 12. Conclusion: Return to Ithaca; Bibliography; Notes. - Index. - The glories of classical Greece are an essential part of our heritage and are echoed every day in the buildings and institutions we see around us. But who were the visitors from afar who first appreciated the riches of the archaeological past of Greece and the Greek lands; who opened up the culture and its ancient remains? From as early as 1420 a few intrepid explorers made their way to Greece and Turkey, to recover - from brambles or burial, lime-kilns or building sites - the precious relics of the Greeks' classical past. In Land of Lost Gods Richard Stoneman tells the riveting stories of Cy
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| ISBN | 9781848854239
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