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A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture

Book by Gwendolyn Leick; Routledge, 1988

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Architecture, Ancient--Middle East--Dictionaries, Architecture--Middle East--Dictionaries, Middle East--Antiquities--Dictionaries

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N naos In the context of Ancient Near Eastern architecture, this Greek term signifies a container for the cult statue in an...sloping, domed, or surmounted by a pyramidion. Nimrud ancient Kalkhu or Kalakh Mesopotamia, see map p. xviii...
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Intimations of Christianity among the Ancient Greeks

Book by Simone Weil, Elisabeth Chase Geissbuhler; Beacon Press, 1958

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Christianity And Other Religions--Greek, Philosophy, Ancient

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...great mystery of Greek civilization. It...The music, the architecture, the sculpture, all the sciences of ancient Greece proceeded...Plato evokes a very ancient revelation, which...Egypt. Another ancient historian, Diodorus...
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Artful Crafts: Ancient Greek Silverware and Pottery

Book by Michael Vickers, David Gill; Clarendon Press, 1996

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Goldwork, Ancient--Greece--Influence, Pottery, Greek, Silverwork, Ancient--Greece--Influence, Vase-Painting, Greek

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...1905 , History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman...1977 , Morality and Architecture Oxford . Watson F...Potter and Patron in Ancient Athens London . Wedgwood...Williams D. 1985 , Greek Vases London . Williamson...
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Hellenistic Architecture: An Introductory Study

Book by Theodore Fyfe; Cambridge University Press, 1936

Subjects:

Architecture, Ancient, Architecture, Greek

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...introductory study of Hellenistic architecture, to devote a little time to...For a good brief treatment of Greek and Hellenistic public buildings, with plans, see A. Marquand Greek Architecture New York, the Macmillan Company...
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The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its Historic Development

Book by William Bell Dinsmoor; Biblo and Tannen, 1973

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Architecture--Greece

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with ancient sculpture, but wrote essays on Greek architecture, based upon Paestum and Acragas...bring home actual specimens of Greek architecture. Acting upon this...Athens , the British Museums Ancient Marbles , the supplementary volume...

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Journal Articles on: ancient greek architecture

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A Possession for Ever: Charles Bean, the Ancient Greeks, and Military Commemoration in Australia

Journal article by Peter Londey; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 53, 2007

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ANZAC Day--History, Ancient Greek civilization--Influence, Australian history--Military aspects, Australian history--Social aspects, Bean, Charles--Works, Civilization, Greek--Influence, Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916--Analysis, Pericles--Influence, Persian Wars, 500-449 BC--Influence, Statesmen--Influence, Trojan War--Influence, War correspondents--Works, War memorials--Design and construction, War memorials--History, War memorials--Location

Collections: History, Entire Library

...long view of it which led from Greeks, Romans, Vikings, English...between the disorganised early Greeks of Thucydides and Beans disunited...tradition stretching back to the Greeks; and Beans tendency to conflate...recalling the fact that in a Greek polis the citizens and the...glory of the AIF with that of ancient Greece--just as Thucydides...
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Shelley's Cosmopolitan "Discourse": Ancient Greek Manners and Modern Liberty

Journal article by Nancy Goslee; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 36, 2005

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Classicism--Influence, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Criticism and interpretation, Shelley, Percy Bysshe--Criticism and interpretation

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...Cosmopolitan "Discourse": Ancient Greek Manners and Modern...with the sculpture and architecture of classical civilizations...Like his modern Greek protagonists in Laon...ruins of a classical Greek ideal of civic liberty...continued to analyze Greek culture through its...Manners of the Antient Greeks," opens a cosmopolitan...
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Reading between the Loins:a Curious Anomaly in the Portrayal of the Male Physique in Greek Sculpture

Journal article by P Tennant; Akroterion, 2008

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Ancient sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Figure sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Greek sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Men--Portrayals, Sculpture, Ancient--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture, Greek--Criticism and interpretation

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...at three examples of ancient Greek sculpture...Classical period of Greek sculpture marked a decisive...to illustrate how the Greek kouros eventually...control of muscle-architecture was evidently far more...some of these ancient Greek nudes--like the Bronze...statues? Did the ancient Greeks undergo a weight-training...
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Structure/ornament and the Modern Figuration of Architecture

Journal article by Anne-Marie Sankovitch; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998

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Architecture, Art criticism, Church buildings

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...since the Renaissance of Greek architecture the vault is heavy and...the great achievements of Greek and Roman architecture."42 That their ambitious...preferably study the fundamental architecture of the ancients, that is to say, that...
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Bibliography of the Visual Arts and Architecture in the South, Part Xxi

Journal article by Judith H. Bonner; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 47, 2009

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Architecture

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Includes "Southern architecture and its influences in...The Pillared City: Greek Revival Mobile. Athens...Castles: The History and Architecture of Buncombe County...Thornton, Richard L. Ancient Roots I: The Indigenous...Thornton, Richard L. Ancient Roots III: The Indigenous...

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Magazine Articles on: ancient greek architecture

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Learning from the Ancient Greeks

Magazine article by Kathleen Melonakos; Ideas on Liberty, Vol. 51, January 2001

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Athens Greece, Education policy, Educational evaluation, Federal regulation, Greek civilization, Quality of education, Sparta Greece, United States

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Learning from the Ancient Greeks by Kathleen Melonakos...Classical World.2 The ancients laid the foundations...educational systems of ancient Sparta and Athens supports...schools. But the great Greek did not have the hindsight...outcomes. He highlights ancient Greece, early Rome...free travel, art, architecture, science, philosophy...
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My Temple with a Frieze: Learning from the Greeks and Romans

Magazine article by Susan Fritsche; Arts & Activities, Vol. 148, January 2011

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Architecture, Greek--Study and teaching, Architecture, Roman--Study and teaching, Art history--Study and teaching, Elementary school students, Engineering models--Design and construction, Greek architecture--Study and teaching, Roman architecture--Study and teaching, Temples--Models

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...Learning from the Greeks and Romans. by Susan...time to discuss the Greek and Roman era, I looked...the students about the architecture of this period. Both Greeks and Romans placed the...and goddesses of the ancient world. The Parthenon...for the sculptures in Greek temples, but they show...
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Alexandria the Great: On the Mediterranean at the Western Edge of the Nile Delta Stands the Most Important and Enduring of All the Many Cities Founded by Alexander. Though Much of Its Material Past Has Been Destroyed or Lies Underwater, Alexandria's Reputation as the Intellectual Powerhouse of the Classical World, Fusing Greek, Egyptian and Roman Culture, Lives On

Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 59, October 2009

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Alexander the Great--History, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--Appreciation, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--History, Greek history, to 330 (Ancient period)

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...Seven Wonders of the Ancient World--to reconstruct...coinages, being the first Greek issues to depict a living...institution. For example, Greeks and Macedonians in the...which is possibly ancient Alexandria in Sogdia...debarred? Is not the architecture more local or Persian than Greek? Though that might...
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The Next 100 Years of Architecture

Magazine article by William Zuk; The Futurist, Vol. 28, November 1994

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Architectural design--Innovations, Architecture--Forecasts

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...next 100 years of architecture. by William Zuk...button. Tomorrows architecture will be shaped...influences of ancient Greek and Roman architecture...or concept in architecture becomes more and...classic Roman and Greek architecture could...
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Architecture Online: a Search Engine Review

Magazine article by Mary Colette Wallace; Searcher, Vol. 8, February 2000

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Architecture, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Germany, Germany, Search engines, Web site reviews

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Architecture Online: a Search Engine...is represented by the Greek letters alpha and omega...architect comes from the Greek - "archi" for chief...tekton" for worker. The ancient connection between architecture and Greek culture stems from the...

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Newspaper Articles on: ancient greek architecture

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Northern Buildings Are All Greek to Us; Architecture Inspired by Ancient World

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 6, 2009

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British Museum

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Buildings Are All Greek to Us; Architecture Inspired by Ancient World. Byline: Tony...Environment Editor GREEK gifts to the North...Tyneside. Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors...largest selections of Greek artefacts ever loaned...
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Wall-to-Wall Hadrian; Roman Relics: Left to Right, a Peacock Statue from Hadrian's Mausoleum, His Young Male Lover Antinous and Wife Sabina Emperor's Old Clothes: An Onlooker Studies a Statue of Hadrian in Full Battle Dress. the British Museum Exhibition Shows Him as a Ruthless Military Leader as Well as a Lover of Greek Culture with an Interest in Architecture

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 22, 2008

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British Museum

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Well as a Lover of Greek Culture with an Interest in Architecture. Byline: LOUISE...100,000 for the ancient Chinese army. It...also for his love of Greek culture, interest...Statue of Hadrian in a Greek mantle. This was...
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Trulli Scrumptious; Puglia, in the Heel of Italy's Boot, Borrows Its Food and Architecture from the Greeks, the Spanish and the Romans, and Ends Up Being out of This World, Discovers Lydia Slater

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 1, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Borrows Its Food and Architecture from the Greeks, the Spanish and the...architecture from the Greeks, the Spanish and the...The Pugliese prefer Greek-style meze, consume...Over the centuries, Greeks, Turks, Romans, Saracens...mill, surrounded by ancient olive groves where the...
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Greek Is the Word; Forget Modern Europe - Liverpool University Is Aiming to Be the Capital of Ancient European Culture, Reports Peter Elson

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 20, 2007

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University of Liverpool

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...important as ancient Greek culture made...philosophy, architecture, literature...says: "Greek and Latin...explore how the ancient world has...our local architecture - just look...study of the ancient world on...learn ancient Greek." You are...
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The Gods' Own True Blue Country ; HEAVEN AND HELLAS: Oona Loved the Waterfront at Mykonos Town, Overlooked by a Line of the Island's Windmills ; RUSTIC CHIC MEETS ANCIENT MYTH: Visitors Are Seduced by Mykonos's Ultra-Cool Image and Its Links with the Greek Gods, Right ; LOST IN A SEA OF COLOUR: Beside Another of the Distinctive Windmills, a Couple Stand Spellbound by One of the Island's Stunning Sunsets

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 15, 2007

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Clothing industry, Dolce & Gabbana S.R.L.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...RUSTIC CHIC MEETS ANCIENT MYTH: Visitors Are...and Its Links with the Greek Gods, Right ; LOST...Mykonos is not youraverage Greek island. Other signs...out tobe the centre of Greek mythology. Its the...raining arrows down on the Greeks. Today the island of...relies partly on its architecture. These narrow streets...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ancient greek architecture

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Greek Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GREEK ARCHITECTURE the art of building...flourished in the ancient world. Origins...and Decline of Greek Architecture...chief works of Greek architecture...the mainland Greeks, was cultivated...temples, the Greeks also built a...Lawrence, Greek Architecture (1967); V...Experience in Ancient Greece (1972...
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American Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE the architecture produced in...based on a more precise study of ancient Roman and Greek buildings were beginning to appear...earlier Roman-based classicism to Greek sources. Prominent Greek revival buildings of the period...
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Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Architecture of the Ancient World In Egyptian...limited variety the Greeks gave to the simple...basilica halls. Neither Greek, Chinese, nor Japanese...century Gothic architecture it emerged in perfected...birth of Renaissance architecture (15th cent.) inaugurated...years in Western architecture during which the...Georgian style was among architectures notable 18th-century...
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Roman Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE structures produced by the ancient Romans. The Etruscans...found in the nearby Greek colonies in southern...Etruscans and the Greeks, adapting earlier...construction of the Greeks was largely replaced...arches. Unlike their Greek prototypes, Roman...there are no known Greek precedents. The...
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Persian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

PERSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE works of art and structures...Achaemenid (with strong Greek influences), and native...Influenced by the Greeks, the Egyptians, and...analogies to Egyptian, Greek, and Assyrian architecture...and integrating the ancient heritage in modern Iran...Schmandt-Besserat, Ancient Persia: The Art of...

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