The Architects of the Parthenon (Pelican Books)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1970. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. acknowledgements, list of illustrations, foreword by author, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, plans and illustrations. Photographic card cover with blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "It is difficult to look at a building as famous as the Parthenon without preconceived ideas. But in this radical re-examination Professor Rhys Carpenter questions statements and challenges assumptions which have been accepted for centuries. So far from being a miracle opposition and calculation, the Parthenon is shown by him to have been a re-building of a partially completed temple: a considerable element of improvisation in makeshift entered into its creation. And Professor Carpenter suggest that the two architects, Kallikrates and Iktinos, were not collaborators but rivals, patronised by opposing political factions." -- from rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Blue remainder stripe to the front text block edge. Very light aged only or the text block edges and pages. Previous owner's name and details to the top left hand corner of the verso of the front panel and the lower left hand corner of the same panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 193, [7 – of which 4 are further titles from publishing house] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Architecture; Greece; Ancient (BC); History. Inventory No: 0118691. .