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[...] In the 20th century, photography as applied to archaeology begins to follow two main paths. The purely scientific and technical recording of antiquity, which it serves as an auxiliary, and an aesthetic approach to ancient art, which expands the boundaries of photography as applied to archaeology. The purpose of the present exhibition is to explore the aesthetic dimension of archaeological photography and to describe its development from the artistic photographic attempts of the 19th century travelers to the creative archaeological photography of the 20th century. The...

The art of embroidery is a very ancient art. With needle and stitches, with loom and threads, women revealed their sensitivity, cultivated their imagination, wove their dreams. Vast embroidered fields travelled from East to West, becoming links in a chain of art and communication. Linen and silk textiles were produced by women’s skillful hands, were transformed into costumes and trousseaus to adorn persons and homes on high-days and holidays. Customs and traditions, joys and sorrows have continued to travel for centuries now in linen and in silk with colourful threads;...

The chest was, for hundreds of years, the sole piece of storage furniture in the Greek house. In it were kept the family's most precious possessions, clothing, linen, jewellery, embroideries, tools, weapons, money, even foodstuffs and drinks. It was, at the same time, a good 'container' for transporting goods, since the traveller, the pedlar, the seafarer, and in general those who ventured to foreign parts, placed all their belongings in the chest. The chest is associated with many aspects of daily life and, only naturally, everyone attached great importance to it. Emigrant...

A complete guide to all the greek islands and their antiquities - 237 colour photographs illustrating each island - 65 detailed touring maps - Brief explanatory notes to acqaint the visitor with the enchanting greek islands.

It is hard to imagine a more distinguished group of contributors than the ones assembled here. The catalogue will stand apart from previous scholarship on this subject because it is focused specifically on Crete (and addresses) the kernel of the "Creten question": namely, how did the restless little socially mixed, commercially dynamic cities on the fringe of an island of peasant small-holders assume the artistic mantle of Constantinople and turn it into a Renaissance art-industry? This catalogue addresses that kernel through the person of Angelos. Angelos is the product of...

The Olympic Games have become associated with the Panathenaic stadium in Athens since it was there that the first modern Olympic Games were revived in 1896 with great splendour. Since then and up to the Intermediary Olympic Games in 1906 and even to the present day, it could be said that the Panathenaic stadium is the place where the heart of Athens beats, a place where Athenians frequently garther to share some of the city's great moments. One of the comparative advantages with respect to hosting the Olympic Games is authenticity. The authenticity of places, landscapes an...

[...] These reflections, and the feelings of dedication and piety that accompany them, have prompted us to put together these volumes and to offer them up as a monumental landmark. Our purpose it to exalt the timeless grandeur of orhodoxy, to do fitting honour to the glory of its spiritual heritage, and to make this a venerated possession for the edification of christendom as a whole. History, theology, worship, monasticism and art join in harmonious consort to shed glorious light on orthodoxy' s precious countenance, and to uplift its crucial mission in the new century an...

A journey to Mt Athos is a journey into time. On the steep cliffs and in the dense woods of the Holy Mountain for over 1000 years the historic world of Orthodox monasticism has lived unchanged. Ancient monasteries with monumental architecture, imposing walls and towers, boathouses (arsanades), kelia with stone domes scattered everywhere among the verdant vegetation, habits from other eras and a silent host of black-clad monks who bear a remarkable resemblance to the ascetic figures in the wall-paintings adorning their churches. The visit by the traveller-pilgrim to the maje...

Η έκδοση κυκλοφόρησε με την ευκαιρία της ομότιτλης έκθεσης από το Αρχείο των προσωπικών Σχεδίων του Βρετανού καλλιτέχνη, που φιλοξενήθηκε στο Μουσείο Μπενάκη Ισλαμικής Τέχνης (Μάρτιος - Σεπτέμβριος 2016). Τα σχέδια του Thomas Hope, στο σύνολό τους, αποτελούν μία πολύτιμη συνεισφορά στη γνώση μας για την Κωνσταντινούπολη στα τέλη του 18ου αιώνα.