ΤΑ ΠΡΟΠΥΛΑΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΚΗΣ ΑΚΡΟΠΟΛΗΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΑ

Παρουσίαση

The architect Mnesicles constructed the Propylaea on the Acropolis of Athens between 437-432 B.C. Construction was first halted for political and financial reasons, then permanently stopped by the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War and the Propylaea was left unfinished which makes it an invaluable document for the study of the methods employed by master craftsmen of the classical period building in marble. The Mnesiclean Propylaea, as it stands, consists of three parts: a Central Building with two hexastyle Doric porticoes facing east and west, the North Wing and the South Wing (drs. 1-2). The two small areas between the west colonnade of the Central Building and the wings will be referred to as the northern recess and the southern recess. [...] (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

- DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASSICAL BUILDING OF THE PROPYLAEA AND A CONCISE SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY
- INFORMATION GAINED FROM TRAVELLERS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
- EVIDENCE PRESERVED ON THE MONUMENT ITSELF
- AN ATTEMPT TO RECONSTRUCT THE STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE PROLYPAEA