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Knossos and the prophets of modernism

In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. Over the next three decades, Evans engaged in an unpreced...

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Formato: Online Resource Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press , c2009
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Acceso en línea:lizenzpflichtig
Publicación relacionada:Erscheint auch als: Knossos and the prophets of modernism
Notas de Autor:Cathy Gere
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Sumario:In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. Over the next three decades, Evans engaged in an unprecedented reconstruction project, creating a complex of concrete buildings on the site that owed at least as much to modernist architecture as they did to Bronze Age remains. In the process, he fired the imaginations of a whole generation of intellectuals and artists, whose work would drive movements as
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-277) and index. - Description based on print version record
Descripción Física:Online Ressource (x, 277 p.) ill.
ISBN:9780226289557
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0226289532
9780226289533