Download or read book Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis written by Robin Francis Rhodes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis focuses on the architectural complex that is generally considered to be one of the outstanding achievements of Western civilization. Though the buildings and sculpture of the Acropolis, erected over the course of the fifth century B.C., have been scrutinized by scholars for more than a century, Robin Rhodes' sensitive analysis is the first to consider the ensemble as a whole and to explain how the monuments communicate meaningfully with one another to form an iconographic narrative. His study also examines the sculpture and decoration, which were conceived together with the abstract features, while relating both to the larger issues in Greek architecture and aesthetics.