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On the rock : the Acropolis interviews = ston vrácho : oi synentéfxeis stin akrópoli

Title
On the rock : the Acropolis interviews = ston vrácho : oi synentéfxeis stin akrópoli / Allyson Vieira.
Author
Vieira, Allyson
Publication
  • Chicago, IL : Soberscove Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Description
272 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
The marble workers laboring on the decades?long restoration of the Acropolis are the invisible force rebuilding one of the world?s most storied monuments. Inheritors of millennia-old tradition, few carvers exist today; fewer pass the Acropolis entrance exams. Their work is a highly technical amalgam of past and present, yet what these master marble carvers do and how they do it it has been undocumented until now.0As the restoration enters its final phases, this book of interviews explores the workers? craft, techniques, training, and specific roles within the restoration in their unique and deeply personal voices. 'On the Rock: The Acropolis Interviews' brings together ancient building practices, the teaching of traditional craft, changes in the practice of architectural restoration, and the social and class dynamics within the restoration site. Concurrently, the book considers Greece?s political and economic crisis from the workers? position. Amidst crippling unemployment, work on the Rock continues, despite radical cuts. How has the Greek crisis affected the technicians? thoughts about their craft, jobs, and citizenship? 'On the Rock' explores the intersection of these issues.
Alternative Title
Ston vrácho, oi synentéfxeis stin akrópoli
Subjects
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • "Andrea Gilbert ... Greek to English translator ... ", "Chaido (Hilda) Papadimitriou ... English to Greek translations" -- page 7.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Greek.
ISBN
  • 9781940190228
  • 1940190223
LCCN
2018906762
OCLC
  • on1057783467
  • SCSB-9424164
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library