Description:
The Archaeological Society at Athens Library Series, No. 171. In english. Soft cover, 20 cm, 5+107 pp., ill.: 64 figures and architectural drawings.In ancient Greece, the chief architectural achievement was the temple and in general the public buildings; a new type of house emerges at the end of the 5th century B.C., with a peristyle court, polychrome wall decorations, floor mosaics , even marble sculptures. The rise of these noble houses took place mainly in Athens during late classical era and spread throughout the hellenistic world.
CONTENTS:
Architecture - Mural decorations - Mosaics - Sculpture - Textiles - Furniture - Apragmosyne and schole - Bibliographical notes.
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