Athens

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ATHENS
Makiin Huklimann Ri;x WAKNhR
The lustre of Athens, wonder city of Antiquity, will never grow dim. Some two millennia ago Athenian civilization, in the space of two or three generations, determined the his/ tory of the world; time cannot efface the memory or the heritage. Nor, fortunately, has time yet been able to efface its monuments of marble and of stone, of which the greatest—the Parthenon—stands upon the Acro/ polis, the citadel the ancient Greeks dedicated to their gods.
In photographing these marvels of architecture and sculpture Martin Hiirlimann has surpassed himself, endowing familiar subjects with freshness, so that they strike the eye and the mind with the impact of the unfamiliar. His commentaries to the plates are as lucid as they are informative.
For full measure, this book con/ tains an introductory essay from the urbane pen of Rex Warner. In it this well/known writer and classical scholar makes clear the significance of ancient Hellenic culture, and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

ATHENS
Makiin Huklimann Ri;x WAKNhR
The lustre of Athens, wonder city of Antiquity, will never grow dim. Some two millennia ago Athenian civilization, in the space of two or three generations, determined the his/ tory of the world; time cannot efface the memory or the heritage. Nor, fortunately, has time yet been able to efface its monuments of marble and of stone, of which the greatest—the Parthenon—stands upon the Acro/ polis, the citadel the ancient Greeks dedicated to their gods.
In photographing these marvels of architecture and sculpture Martin Hiirlimann has surpassed himself, endowing familiar subjects with freshness, so that they strike the eye and the mind with the impact of the unfamiliar. His commentaries to the plates are as lucid as they are informative.
For full measure, this book con/ tains an introductory essay from the urbane pen of Rex Warner. In it this well/known writer and classical scholar makes clear the significance of ancient Hellenic culture, and briefly traces the subsequent history of Athens. As he says, the achievements of Athenian civilization 'in their full splendour, arc as nearly timeless as any creations of man. They are the .ichievements of real men, of real flesh and blood. There is nothing decep/ live in this brilliant air, nothing weak, nothing sentimental. We admire, as we must, and of all loves and adm'ira/ tions, that which we feel for Athens may be the purest."
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