A talking animal, a duck called Icarus, takes us through the galleries with sculpture at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Icarus shows us statues of males, females, and animals (as we notice also on the front cover), prompting us to pay attention to their style, meaning, and material.The value of experiential learning is emphasised in the introduction (page 3), so that teachers and parents can prepare for the museum visit. Throughout the book, Evi Pini and Kalliopi Kyrdi address bot(...)
As we read on the
opening page, here we have a guide to Delphi in central Greece, "one of
the most sacred locations for the ancient Greeks" (my translation).
Mythology, archaeology and art history feature prominently in this booklet,
accounting for the site’s significance.(...)