by Roland Etienne, Françoise Etienne · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9780500300206
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«The Search for Ancient Greece» is the historical study by Roland and Françoise Etienne, published by Thames & Hudson in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Critical study of ancient Greek culture and its influence on Western civilization. It traces how excavations in the 18th and 19th centuries revealed works such as the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Parthenon marbles, and how archaeology moved from discovery to the scientific effort to preserve that legacy.
Part of the New Horizons series. 1992 edition published in London, translated from the French by Anthony Zielonka.
Aimed at enthusiasts of history, archaeology and classical art interested in how Europe recovered the legacy of ancient Greece.
Roland Étienne is a French archaeologist and historian specialising in the history of Greek archaeology, ancient architecture and Hellenistic history.
