Data on natural disasters and their impact on populations and economies play an essential role in understanding the factors that increase human vulnerability and the importance of disaster preparedness, mitigation and prevention. Lire la suite
Over the last 30 years, 6,367 natural disasters killed more than 2 million people. A cumulative total of 5.1 billion individuals were affected, of which 182 million were left homeless.These same disasters caused US$1.4 trillion worth of damages. Data o
Over the last 30 years, 6,367 natural disasters killed more than 2 million people. A cumulative total of 5.1 billion individuals were affected, of which 182 million were left homeless.These same disasters caused US$1.4 trillion worth of damages. Data on natural disasters and their impact on populations and economies play an essential role in understanding the factors that increase human vulnerability and the importance of disaster preparedness, mitigation and prevention.
Diamantis Panagiotopoulos and Ute Günkel-Maschek
Introduction: The Power of Images and Architecture 1
Clairy Palyvou
Wall Painting and Architecture in the Aegean Bronze Age: Connections between Illusionary Space and Built Realities 9
Quentin Letesson
'Open Day Gallery' or ‘Private Collections’? An Insight on Neopalatial Wall Paintings in their Spatial Context 27
Diamantis Panagiotopoulos
Aegean Imagery and the Syntax of Viewing 63
Fritz Blakolmer
Image and Architecture: Reflections of Mural Iconography in Seal Images and Other Art Forms of Minoan Crete 83
Ute Günkel-Maschek
Spirals, Bulls, and Sacred Landscapes: The Meaningful Appearance of Pictorial Objects within their Spatial and Social Contexts 115
Jan Driessen
Chercher la femme: Identifying Minoan Gender Relations in the Built Environment 141
Maud Devolder
Labour Costs and Neopalatial Architecture: A Study of the Buildings at Klimataria-Manares and Achladia and the Palace at Gournia 165
Contributors 181