Argyro Loukaki
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Argyro Loukaki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Argyro |
| FAMILY NAME | Loukaki |
| SIGNATURE | LOUKAKI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hellenic Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0548-8925 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ancient Logos as Influence on Urban Planner Constantinos A. Doxiadis
The famous Greek architect and urban planner Konstantinos Doxiadis (1913–1975) was a 20th century spatial scientist with great vision and important contribution to spatial planning on various scales throughout the globe. Indicatively, in the 1960s he was the lead architect of Islamabad, the new capital of Pakistan. Gifted with sharp intelligence and with superb strategic talent, Doxiadis mobilized state-of-the-art technology to design new cities …
Sappho’s (630–570) Poetics and the Science of Her Time
Architectonic and Rural Space in Ancient Greek Tragedy
The exploration of the nature of space and of spatial archetypes has been very important in ancient Greek thought and art, including ancient theatre. Focusing on Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound (PB) and Euripides’ Bacchae (B), this paper investigates the aspects of the following archetypes as they emerge in Athenian tragedy: 1. Architectonic space earlier than, as well as contemporary with Euripides, as conceived and represented through his sophistic…
Athens and Rome Contrasted
The main contribution of the present article is the original comparison of the archetypal yet different classicisms of Athens and Rome, with emphasis on the physical, metaphysical, aesthetic and moral aspects of the management of their central archaeological loci. Athens and Rome are the two preeminent classical cities globally. Their world heritage has been nurturing for centuries global collective memory, creativity, inspiration, and myth. The …
Living Ruins, Value Conflicts
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 lea…
Greece
Whose Genius Loci
This article identifies different creative approaches to the question of the dialectic of space and place, the genius loci, in the case of the most significant symbolic locus of Western civilization, the Acropolis of Athens. It presents different schools of thought on genius loci (the spirit of the place) and considers the ways in which different readings of a particular site affect architectural creation and its evaluation. Thus what may seem a …
Aesthetics, Bureaucracy, and the Politics of Patrimony
The author reviews the operation of the most important decisionmaking body in Greece for archaeological and cultural work, as well as for the urban and environmental ethic of heritage protection, the Central Archaeological Council (CAC), functioning in the context of the Ministry of Culture. The CAC is a site of mediation between the state (seen as an entity with many internal contradictions) and various private interests. The author reveals the …
Whose Genius Loci
This article identifies different creative approaches to the question of the dialectic of space and place, the genius loci, in the case of the most significant symbolic locus of Western civilization, the Acropolis of Athens. It presents different schools of thought on genius loci (the spirit of the place) and considers the ways in which different readings of a particular site affect architectural creation and its evaluation. Thus what may seem a …
Aesthetics, Bureaucracy, and the Politics of Patrimony
The author reviews the operation of the most important decisionmaking body in Greece for archaeological and cultural work, as well as for the urban and environmental ethic of heritage protection, the Central Archaeological Council (CAC), functioning in the context of the Ministry of Culture. The CAC is a site of mediation between the state (seen as an entity with many internal contradictions) and various private interests. The author reveals the …
Whose Genius Loci
This article identifies different creative approaches to the question of the dialectic of space and place, the genius loci, in the case of the most significant symbolic locus of Western civilization, the Acropolis of Athens. It presents different schools of thought on genius loci (the spirit of the place) and considers the ways in which different readings of a particular site affect architectural creation and its evaluation. Thus what may seem a …
Aesthetics, Bureaucracy, and the Politics of Patrimony
The author reviews the operation of the most important decisionmaking body in Greece for archaeological and cultural work, as well as for the urban and environmental ethic of heritage protection, the Central Archaeological Council (CAC), functioning in the context of the Ministry of Culture. The CAC is a site of mediation between the state (seen as an entity with many internal contradictions) and various private interests. The author reveals the …
Greece
Living Ruins, Value Conflicts
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 lea…
Athens and Rome Contrasted
The main contribution of the present article is the original comparison of the archetypal yet different classicisms of Athens and Rome, with emphasis on the physical, metaphysical, aesthetic and moral aspects of the management of their central archaeological loci. Athens and Rome are the two preeminent classical cities globally. Their world heritage has been nurturing for centuries global collective memory, creativity, inspiration, and myth. The …
Sappho’s (630–570) Poetics and the Science of Her Time
Architectonic and Rural Space in Ancient Greek Tragedy
The exploration of the nature of space and of spatial archetypes has been very important in ancient Greek thought and art, including ancient theatre. Focusing on Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound (PB) and Euripides’ Bacchae (B), this paper investigates the aspects of the following archetypes as they emerge in Athenian tragedy: 1. Architectonic space earlier than, as well as contemporary with Euripides, as conceived and represented through his sophistic…
Ancient Logos as Influence on Urban Planner Constantinos A. Doxiadis
The famous Greek architect and urban planner Konstantinos Doxiadis (1913–1975) was a 20th century spatial scientist with great vision and important contribution to spatial planning on various scales throughout the globe. Indicatively, in the 1960s he was the lead architect of Islamabad, the new capital of Pakistan. Gifted with sharp intelligence and with superb strategic talent, Doxiadis mobilized state-of-the-art technology to design new cities …
Art (6 works) · History (6 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Acropolis (2 works)