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The Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, one of the largest and most visited museums in Greece, houses and displays in its fully renovated exhibition the outstanding material remains of the ancient civilizations that developed in Crete over seven millennia, from the Neolithic era to the late Roman period.

This is a collective work consisting of 53 articles written in Greek and English, covering various aspects of Greek history and archaeology: vases and iconography; vases and pottery; topography of the city of Athens; topography and architecture outside the city of Athens; worship; political ideology; and, ancient athletics.

The reader of this edited diary follows the course of the Second World War and related events taking place in Greece. The text, in combination with the editor's comments, revive that period of Greek history; the editor provides, where possible, thorough biographical information regarding almost every person mentioned in the diary.

Starting with the tram just outside Piraeus and traveling along the west coast of Attica to the Asklepion of Voula, the natural and man-made landscape of the coastal zone is described, from ancient times to the present day.

This book is both historical and autobiographical; it is the vehicle for a nostalgic return to the past, to a different Athens. The author leads the reader to a visual return to her childhood; her memories invite the reader on a journey to the Athens neighbourhood of Pedion tou Areos and its beauty back then. This is the Athens she loved.

Photographs frame the narrative of a painful journey from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz: the loss of Renée Revah's family in the concentration camp. She promises her grandfather, the sole family member to avoid this fate, that 'Tehom' (biblical Hebrew for 'abyss') will bring him to the scene of the crime, which he had not found the strength to visit.

Photographs frame the narrative of a painful journey from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz: the loss of Renée Revah's family in the concentration camp. She promises her grandfather, the sole family member to avoid this fate, that 'Tehom' (biblical Hebrew for 'abyss') will bring him to the scene of the crime, which he had not found the strength to visit.

Besides the practical and functional needs of the body which must be addressed in buildings and in the wider built environment, human communities have always wished to shelter, not only themselves but also the incomprehensible, the superior and the mysterious. In this way they can, by specifying them, exorcise the danger posed by the invisible forces which define both the world outside and their inner psyche. Whether conceived as magic or as a religious system, the consciousness of a spiritual realm is not just a primitive stage of the intellectual development of humanity which then was replaced by a scientific approach which aims to create order from chaos, but is an ever-present internal need which is not satisfied by rational experience and knowledge. Since therefore, recourse to the metaphysical is a given, the door opens for the transcendental to enter, which itself is the foundation of metaphysics. In consequence the transcendental and the feeling of respect and sacredness which it causes are an integral part of human nature and, so too, architecture finds ways not only to accommodate it, but as far as possible, to invite it in. Modern architecture, while avowedly rejecting its relationship with the past, continues to be an art and with steady pace undertakes to accommodate the experience of the transcendental. The two authors, both architects, find that in the modern day the concepts of the sacred and the transcendental are included in the aesthetic category of 'the Sublime', which is not associated now so much with God, as with the concept of Being. The concepts thus slip into many areas of public as much as of private life. Here they dare to borrow the five principles of Longinus for successful composition and the requirement for a 'megalophrosnes apechema' (the echo of a great soul). They then parallel these principles with the creative inspiration of the architects of the 20th and 21st centuries, in their attempt to organize a vocabulary and syntax for the achievement of the sought-after 'sanctity', and as a path towards an imposing and exalted composition of space and materials.

Gerald Cadogan's contributions to the archaeology of the East Mediterranean are directly related to the two Great Islands, Crete and Cyprus where he has directed excavations at Myrtos-Pyrgos and Maroni-Vournes respectively. This volume, comprising mostly Cretan and Cypriot studies, is offered by an array of scholars who have been taught or examined by Cadogan or who have collaborated with him in the field or excavation workrooms over the last fifty years. More than thirty short papers reflect Cadogan's wide range of interests from interpreting excavation data--architecture, stratigraphy, pottery and small finds--to matters of prehistoric chronology, ethnography and gender, technology, environment and osteology, mythology and iconography, religion and death. The collection is a fascinating testament to the continuing achievements of one of the finest archaeologists of the region.

Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration. The most theatrical of arts has inspired the most visionary fashion designers. Top designers such as Viktor & Rolf, Miuccia Prada, Emanuel Ungaro and Christian Lacroix have made, successful sorties as costumiers for operas all over the world. This sumptuous book profiles leading figures in the world of fashion, together with their dazzling costume designs. Interviews illuminate the journey that led each to the opera and the challenges of working in a new medium. The book includes designs for Don Giovanni, Carmen, Aida, Cosi fan tutte, The Magic Flute and many other operas staged at such opera houses as the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Arenes de Nimes and more. Includes over 200 illustrations, including designers' sketches and photographs of the costumes on stage.

The book deals with the issue of the approach to and treatment of Byzantine monuments during the first one hundred and fifty years of the Greek State (1833-1939). It examines representative restoration interventions in Byzantine monuments in Greece and critically analyses the theoretical principles and the practices adopted. It records the developmental course of actions taken to salvage the Byzantine heritage, both by the Greek State and by non-governmental agents. It also investigates their ideological and cultural framework, correlating this with European thought. It enhances the impact of the upgrading of Byzantium in Greece on activities for the protection, rescue and restoration of Byzantine ecclesiastical monuments. The study is based on ample archival material, which is published for the first time. This volume is an essential contribution to research into the history of Greek cultural heritage and of European restorations.

This book offers a visual-poetic journey with images that speak to the mind and the soul. Each page holds a surprise, a feast of pictures and poetry in which you want to lose yourself. A world of dreams, yet profoundly real. The photographs are not the work of a photographer but of the poet George Douatzis, whose photographic viewpoint reminds us that reality has very beautiful aspects, provided we are able to see them. Through the poet's eye images of the everyday acquire another dimension. And his verses which accompany them create a lovely, human and, primarily, poetic result.

A commemoration of the unforgettable artist whose keen intelligence and caustic wit left their mark both on modern Greek painting and Athenian society. The fruit of the author's long and productive acquaintance with Tsarouchis, the book centres on his way of thinking and his work. Interviews, brief images and reminiscences are used to build up a personal testament of the painter's life, from his conscription in the war of 1940 to the dictatorship of 1967 and self-exile in Paris; from his legendary disguises, his love of Anatolian folk dance and the Karaghiozis shadow theatre, to his years of work with the painter Photis Kontoglou; from his interest in Byzantine music, his ventures into theatrical direction in Seven against Thebes and Trojan Women to his deep concern about environmental degradation. This testimony to the man and the artist is complemented by a selection of rarely published photographs.

In this collective work scholars from different disciplines discuss the staging of ancient drama in Greece and abroad, as well as the architecture, restoration and use of ancient theatres, in which ancient Greek drama now finds its true "space."

Jurist and historian Lydia Tricha's new biography of Harilaos Trikoupis, seven times Prime Minister of Greece in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, is enlivened with photographs, paintings and prints, newspaper cuttings, maps and cartoons, while also including numerous documents from his archives, mostly unpublished until now. It aims to throw light on many previously unknown elements in the life of this great political figure and to make him accessible to a wider public by providing the opportunity not only to follow his career but to gain an insight into his family and political environment. The book's wide variety of attractive illustrations, with their extensive and well-documented captions, bring events and people vividly to life and make it a publication of value not only to researchers but the ordinary reader.

The Sistine Chapel enchants the visitor by the splendid harmony it radiates as a concept fully realised, by the unmatched artistic qualities of the individual works, the profound ideas that govern the planning of the paintings and the splendid, robust and lively figures created by Michelangelo and other artists. In this book, jointly produced by the Musei Vaticani and Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the chapel' s paintings are examined in relation to the theological interpretations prevailing in that period. Many of these works have already been presented in isolation by leading experts on the chapel, with detailed descriptions and comments. However, its recent restoration makes possible a new approach to interpreting the pictures, based among other factors on the symbolism of the colours.

Thanks to the variety of shapes and decorated surfaces found in vases, the art of pottery developed a more extensive repertoire of subjects related to the sea than any other art form. The forty-two characteristic examples of marine iconography included in this catalogue come mainly from the collections of the Louvre, though also from those of other museums. They are divided into four groups: marine fauna and seafaring, the deities of the deep, the voyages of gods and heroes who crisscrossed the ocean, and, finally, the miraculous birth of the goddess who emerged from the waves, Aphrodite, born from the foam. The variety and aesthetic quality of marine scenes in vase-painting reveal once more the importance of the sea to Greek civilization.

Watermark, by the Dutch artist Gisele Aphroditi Lubsen, contains 50 underwater photographs on the subject of the woman. Inspired by the most important female members of the ancient Greek pantheon, these photographs suggest a new approach, with emphasis on femininity. This is a beautiful, pioneering book, not only in terms ?of its content, but also from an aesthetic and technical point of view.