Akrotiri Thera
An Architecture of Affluence 3,500 Years Old
Format:Paperback
Publisher:INSTAP Academic Press
Published:30th Dec '05
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It was long felt that an English edition on the architecture of Akrotiri, dealing not only with the building technology, but also with issues of typology, form, and function, would be welcomed. The present book is, thus, an attempt to provide the reader with an overall picture of the architecture of Akrotiri, including an outline of its town plan, a description of the individual houses, and a discussion of its relationship with Crete and its neighbors in the Eastern Mediterranean. The book is based on the author's personal observations and experience obtained over a fifteen year period (1977-1992) of work at the site as the architect of the Akrotiri excavation. This book is confined to the last phase of habitation and the uniquely preserved houses that are seen today.
"“This extraordinary, relatively short book examines broadly the architecture of Late Bronze Age Akrotiri on the Cycladic island of Thera . . . Throughout, Palyvou focuses on aspects of building arrangement, morphology, materials, and techniques, as well as architectural concept: her often eloquent text is well illustrated with photographs and also with many of her detailed state and restored drawings. . . . Her analyses of materials and techniques (Ch. 9 and elsewhere) are exemplary . . . a rich presentation of history, architecture, and humanism as seen through the prism of a professional architect as well as a scholar and concerned observer. . . . This new multispectrum presentation is both a pleasure and challenge to read, more generous in its scope than most discussions of ancient architecture…Palyvou would be a strong, if not the only, candidate, one suspects, for writing an inspiring history of all aspects of Late Bronze Age Aegean Architecture." Shaw, J.W., American Journal of Archaeology 111, 2007, p. 579
ISBN: 9781931534871
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 912g
244 pages