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Neoclassical towns cannot be identified with a specific form of town planning in Greece. They are neoclassical because they were designed and built during a particular period of history (1830-1920) in which neoclassical architecture predominated. The neoclassical town is, at bottom, a new situation, a new way of life - it is the clear expression of the modern spirit in the 19th century. It represents, that is, Europeanisation and progress as applied to the urban environment. This lavishly illustrated book is based on research and photography in the field, and on an extensi...

The establishment of the Modern Greek State in the late 1820s, after four centuries of Ottoman rule, marks a crucial development in the long history of the Greek nation. Both socially and culturally the state adopted a firm orientation towards urban progressivism. New towns were built and older ones were radically changed. As one would expect, nineteenth- century urban architecture in Greece stemmed from European classicism, since European culture in general played a vital role in the life of the young state. What is most important, though, is that this architecture develop...

Ancient Greek sculpture, a par excellence anthropomorphic art, constitutes one of the most important chapters in human expression of all time. Each period approaches it with its own cultural armory and its own "eyes". For modern man, sculptures, at least until the end of the Classical period, adorned "loci sancti", places of worship and cemeteries. They were images of gods, heroes, mythical beings and the dead. This book aspires to enhance the "beauty" of ancient Greek sculpture, through choice works from museums in Greece, Europe and the United States of America. Brief de...

This book captures the beauty and variety of Greek architectural decoration over three centuries. Glorious color photographs reveal exquisite murals and reliefs, painted and tiled interiors and exteriors, and a wealth of rich, vibrant color. The close-up photographs -many previously unpublished- of facades, doors, windows, floors, and furnishings, offer a tour of richly decorated mansions and public buildings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in both neoclassical and vernacular styles, as well as of rural homes, churches, and other structures. The informativ...

Το βιβλίο-πρόταση αποτελεί έναν οδικό χάρτη για μια ιστορική, κοινωνιολογική και πολιτισμική επίσκεψη στην ελληνική δεκαετία του ’80, όπως μπορεί αυτή να πραγματοποιηθεί στις εγκαταστάσεις της Τεχνόπολης του Δήμου Αθηναίων, στο Γκάζι, το 2017.

The international secondary literature dealing with Greek art of the last two centuries is far from adequate, and the absence of comprehensive studies in the area is compounded by a lack of even the most cursory biographical information about Greek artists. International publications devote very little space to contemporary Greek artists in particular, and what coverage does exist tends to be uneven and -in several cases- misleading. Convinced that this gap has its roots in a failure on the Greeks side to promote artists systematically and convincingly abroad, we strongly b...