Denis Roubien

Creating Modern Athens

A Capital Between East and West

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the development of the city of Athens after the Greek War of Independence. It presents the process of creation of a neo-classical capital, in the place of a pre-existing town with the remains of a long history. The book examines the treatment of the pre-revolutionary town, its connection with the neo-classical city, the position of old churches in this antiquity-centered capital, and the factors that influenced the implementation of the projects for the new capital and their consequences on the city's evolution. It will be of interest to historians, geographers, architects and scholars of Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781138291669
• ISBN-10: 1138291668
• Artikelnr.: 48571824

Autorenporträt

Denis Roubien is Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering in the Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece. His research field is the architecture and urban planning of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century in Greece, as well as the restoration of historical buildings and revival of historical centres. He has written several articles and a chapter in a book on these subjects.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Ideology: the revival of ancient glory 1. The
ideological background of the creation of neo-classical Athens: the
different priorities between idealism and rationalism in establishing a
European capital, and the importance of cultural institutions 2. The
relationship of the neo-classical city with the antiquities Part II: The
treatment of the pre-revolutionary town 3. The connection of the new
neo-classical city with the old one: the treatment of Byzantine and
post-Byzantine churches and pre-revolutionary houses 4. Housing a European
capital in a small Ottoman town: the use of the pre-revolutionary buildings
of Athens for housing the official functions of the new capital Part III:
Creation of the new city: the actual circumstances 5. The role of land
availability 6. Functionalism in the creation of the new city 7. The role
of official functions in the evolution of the city of Athens 8. Public
space and monumental architecture: from the grandiose plans of a European
metropolis to a peripheral capital between East and West