Κοινότητα Αναγνωστών Βιβλίων - readers.gr

Greek art, the culminating achievement of the greek spirit, is the subject of the new monumental series published by Ekdotike Athenon. The artistic creation of hellenism during its three historical periods, antiquity, byzantium and modern times, is comprehensively presented in fifteen luxurious volumes, in which elegant texts are harmoniously combined with superb illustrations. Each volume, essentially a monograph on a specific art form, closely follows its evolution through a brilliant selection of representative works, which are typical of its various phases and trends, a...

Greek art, the culminating achievement of the greek spirit, is the subject of the new monumental series published by Ekdotike Athenon. The artistic creation of hellenism during its three historical periods, antiquity, byzantium and modern times, is comprehensively presented in fifteen luxurious volumes, in which elegant texts are harmoniously combined with superb illustrations. Each volume, essentially a monograph on a specific art form, closely follows its evolution through a brilliant selection of representative works, which are typical of its various phases and trends, a...

The Aegean, an integral part of Hellenism for six thousand years, because of its geographical position and physical formation with its hundreds of various-sized islands forming a marvelous unity beginning at the coast of mainland Greece and stretching to the shores of Asia Minor, Crete and Cyprus, has always been a bridge carrying messages from one continent to another, a cradle of civilizations and a source of inspiration and creativity. A Greek sea par excellence, the Aegean founded and defended its own civilization - a civilization that was later bequeathed to the world....

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.

Pierced-work jewellery constitutes a specific group of gold ornaments produced in the coastal regions of the Mediterranean between the third and the seventh century AD.[...] [...]The present study is based on over six hundred pieces of pierced-work jewellery dispersed in various museums and collections. The number is quite large and the pieces are sufficiently representative of diffusion over time and diversity of provenance, forms and decorative types, to lead to useful conclusions and the reconstruction of a fairly full picture. [...] (from the introduction of the b...