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Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world. It examines how classical Greek monuments are simultaneously perceived as sublime national symbols and as a mythological and archetypal reference against which Western modernism is measured. The book investigates the dialogue this double identity leads to, as well as frequent clashes between ancient (but also later) monuments and their modern urban or regional environment. Living Ruins, Value Conflicts examines the complex historical process of monument restoration and enhancement, and analyses the nexus of changing perceptions, aesthetic visions and formal principles over the past two centuries. The book shows the ways in which archaeology and monumentality affect modern life, the modern aesthetic, our notions of nationhood, of place, of self – and the limits to and possibilities for national development imposed by the need to ensure ruins are kept 'alive'.

Archéologie préventive --- Sites --- Acropole --- 904 <38> --- Bouwstijlen van het Oude Griekenland (tot 323) --- Culturele overblijfselen uit historische tijden. Antiquitates--Oud-Griekenland --- Monumentenzorg: reinigen; herstellen; restauratie; vernieuwing --- Collection and preservation. --- 72.025.4 Monumentenzorg: reinigen; herstellen; restauratie; vernieuwing --- 904 <38> Culturele overblijfselen uit historische tijden. Antiquitates--Oud-Griekenland --- 72.032.6 Bouwstijlen van het Oude Griekenland (tot 323) --- 72.025.4 --- 72.032.6 --- 938 --- 938 Geschiedenis van Griekenland tot 323 --- Geschiedenis van Griekenland tot 323 --- Greece --- Antiquities --- Architecture grecque --- Patrimoine culturel --- Protection --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Grèce --- Conservation et restauration --- Antiquités --- Architecture grecque. --- Conservation et restauration. --- 938 History of ancient Greece (to 323 AD) --- History of ancient Greece (to 323 AD) --- al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellada --- Ellas --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Griechenland --- Hellada --- Hellas --- Hellenic Republic --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ελλάς --- Ελλάδα --- Греция --- اليونان --- يونان --- 希腊 --- Antiquités grecques --- Sites historiques