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Fragile, obdurate, and raw, the North Pole is perhaps the most spectacular -and delicate- geological gem. Since his first expedition in 1995 with the French adventurer Jean-Louis Etienne, Francis Latreille has used his incredible photographic talents to capture the dramatic consequences of global warming on the Far North regions. More than just a tableau of his fascination with this world and its way of life, White Paradise is a tribute to the North Pole, its inhabrtants, and its exceptional beauty and light Every year, the ice field decreases in size, and the glaciers of...

Το "Υδατόσημο - Watermark" της Ολλανδής καλλιτέχνιδος Gisele Aphroditi Lubsen περιλαμβάνει 50 υποβρύχιες φωτογραφίες με θέμα τη γυναίκα. Εμπνευσμένες από τις σημαντικότερες γυναικείες μορφές του αρχαιοελληνικού πανθέου, οι φωτογραφίες αυτές προτείνουν έναν νέο τρόπο προσέγγισης με έμφαση στο στοιχείο της θηλυκότητας. Πρόκειται για μια δουλειά όμορφη και πρωτοποριακή, όχι μόνο ως προς το περιεχόμενο αλλά και από αισθητική και τεχνική άποψη.

The book "Wandering in Byzantine Thessaloniki" reveals the Byzantine face of the city to the modern visitor, through the marks stamped on it by 2,300 years of history. The text describes and evaluates all the most recent evidence for the Byzantine monuments of the city; together with the lavish illustrations, it offers an elegant account of the history of Byzantine civilization, enticing visitors along the major streets and narrow alleyways of the Upper town and introducing them, through the expertise of the specialist and the love of the admirer, to the enchantment of its...

The mosaics in the Rotunda in Thessaloniki are the most significant decorations that remain from the early Byzantine period. This richly illustrated book invites the reader to enter the building and experience the splendid golden and silver mosaics that cover cupola and vaults. After an introduction to the architecture of the Rotunda, the authors focus on the mosaics, discussing such issues as imperial patronage, the martyr portraits, the pictorial programme, as well as mosaic technique and the aesthetic qualities of the multi-coloured images. The succinct text provides an...

Η πόλη της Θεσσαλονίκης διατηρεί το πιο ολοκληρωμένο σύνολο βυζαντινών ψηφιδωτών στον κόσμο, που χρονολογούνται από την ύστερη αρχαιότητα έως και τον 14o αιώνα, και αποτελούν απτή μαρτυρία της δεξιοτεχνίας των βυζαντινών δημιουργών τους, αλλά και της ξεχωριστής σημασίας της τέχνης στην μακραίωνη Βυζαντινή παράδοση. Αυτός ο τόμος συγκεντρώνει τις απόψεις κορυφαίων μελετητών σε θέματα που αφορούν τα ψηφιδωτά της Θεσσαλονίκης, και ειδικότερα, τα συχνά αμφιλεγόμενα ζητήματα της χρονολόγησης και ερμηνείας τους, καταδεικνύοντας νέες αναγνώσεις στη μελέτη αυτών των εξαιρετικών έργ...

The "Egnatia Epirus Foundation" recognizes, promotes and undersores the cultural legacy of the Vlachs as an integral part of our country, and believes the time is ripe for more systematic research and for a clearer presentation of both their historical and present-day self-perception, as well as the current position of the Latin-speaking Romiosyni (Modern Greeks). The foundation, in its desire to help a wider public understand the theoretical and practical issues, begins this initiative with a presentation of the multi-faceted Vlach identity (local, economic, social, de...

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...

Η συμβολή του Gerald Cadogan στην αρχαιολογία της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου σχετίζεται με τα δύο μεγάλα νησιά, την Κρήτη και την Κύπρο, όπου διηύθυνε τις ανασκαφές, στον Μύρτο-Πύργο και στο Μαρώνι-Βούρνες αντίστοιχα. Ο τόμος αυτός περιλαμβάνει κυρίως άρθρα για την Κρήτη και την Κύπρο από μελετητές που διδάχθηκαν από τον Cadogan ή συνεργάστηκαν μαζί του στις ανασκαφές τα τελευταία πενήντα χρόνια. Περισσότερες από τριάντα μελέτες προβάλλουν τη μεγάλη ποικιλία των ενδιαφερόντων του Cadogan από την ερμηνεία των ανασκαφικών δεδομένων –στρωματογραφία, αρχιτεκτονική, κεραμική και μικρο...

[...] This book is particularly addressed to the lovers of Athens and its monuments. Its purpose is to provide general information, not a scientific documentation. The writing style of it is purposefully simple in order to engage the broader public, yet not at the expence of the accuracy and the integrity of the information it provides. [...]

[...] This book is particularly addressed to the lovers of Athens and its monuments. Its purpose is to provide general information, not a scientific documentation. The writing style of it is purposefully simple in order to engage the broader public, yet not at the expense of the accuracy and the integrity of the information it provides. In this second edition of "Athenian Walk" there is reference also to the New Acropolis Museum, which has been completed and opened to the public since the first edition was published. [...] (from the preface)

This innovative, fresh look on Greek painting combines a standard, comprehensive survey of the material record - wall-paintings, painted panels, or slabs - with an in-depth exploration of the ways in which the Greeks themselves appreciated this demanding art.

This book presents the results of the excavations conducted by the Archaeological Service of the Ministry of Culture along Vouliagmenis Avenue and in the underground Line 2 of the METRO whose seven stations serve the southern areas of Athens. Line 2 of the METRO and Vouliagmenis Avenue both follow the course of the ancient city road which connected the city of Athens with the demes west of Hymettus and continued to the Sanctuary at Sounion and the mines at Laurion. Full of interesting detail and abundant photographs it illustrates, for the general reader, the history...

The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford is home to one of the finest collections of art and archaeology in the world. With some 10,000 objects, it is also the home of the best and most comprehensive collection of Aegean antiquities (Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean) outside of Greece. Much is owed to Sir Arthur Evans (1851 - 1941) who managed during his directorship (1884-1908) to strengthen significantly the museum’s archaeological holdings and to establish it as one of the leading centres of archaeological research. Evans is primarily known today for his excavation...

Τhe Acropolis through its Museum is not simply a guidebook to the Acropolis Museum. By presenting the works of art exhibited in the museum, it endeavours to resynthesize the history of the Sacred Rock as part of the cultural and the wider historical process of Athens. The book follows the visitor’s tour of the museum, so that the reader can study and learn more about the antiquities he sees before him. However, it is written is such a way that through independent inquiry the reader is able to approach the subjects more deeply and to understand the preconditions – political,...