Main entry:

Graham, J. Walter (James Walter), 1906-1991.

Title & Author:

The palaces of Crete / by J. Walter Graham.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1987.

Description:

xvii, 293 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-274) and index.
The land, the people, and the history of Minoan Crete -- The major palaces -- Minor palaces, villas, and houses -- The central court and the bull games -- The residential quarters of the royal family -- Public apartments -- Other rooms -- Building materials and forms -- Windows and doors -- Stairs and storeys -- Decorative features -- Furnishings and equipment -- Procedures and principles -- Addenda: The Northwest entrance, Knossos, Palace at Kato Zakro -- The west annex of the Little Palace -- The Arkhanes Model -- Minoan linear measurement -- Bathrooms and lustral chambers.

Summary:

A desire to recreate Minoan palaces, villas, and houses of the Late Bronze Age inspired the author of this book to undertake an eight year research program that has radically modified our conception of the appearance of Cretan dwellings. He not only interprets the use of the rooms that partially survive but reconstructs the guest suites and banquet halls of the vanished upper storeys. Written both as a preparation for a visit to Crete and as an actual guide to the sites," the book is prefaced with an account of the island's geography, history, and culture in antiquity, and packed with illustrations including photographs, plans, reconstructions, and a map of the island showing the sites.

ISBN:

0691035857 (alk. paper)
9780691035857 (alk. paper)
0691002169 (pbk.)
9780691002163 (pbk.)

Subject:

Palaces Greece Crete.
Architecture, Minoan Greece Crete.
Palais Grèce Crète.
Architecture minoenne Grèce Crète.
Antiquities
Architecture, Minoan
Palaces
Minoische Kultur
Paleizen.
Minoïsche cultuur.
Architecture minoenne Crète.
Palais Crète.
Crete (Greece) Antiquities.
Greece Antiquities.
Crète (Grèce) Antiquités.
Grèce Antiquités.
Greece
Greece Crete
Crete (Greece) Palaces.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 38092
Call No.: ID:88-B8979
Status: Available