Prayers in stone
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The meaning of architectural sculpture is essential to our understanding of ancient Greek culture. The embellishment of buildings was common for the ancient Greeks, and often provocative. Some ornamental sculpture was placed where, when the building was finished, no mortal eye could view it. And unlike much architectural ornamentation of other cultures, Greek sculpture was often integral to the building, not just as decoration, and could not be removed without affecting the integrity of the building structure. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the significance of Greek architectural sculpture. Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, a world-class authority on ancient Greek sculpture, provides a highly informative tour of many dimensions of Greek public buildings-especially temples, tombs, and treasuries-in a text that is at once lucid, accessible, and authoritative.Ridgway's pragmatism and common sense steer us tactfully and clearly through thickets of uncertainty and scholarly disagreement. She refers to a huge number of monuments, and documents her discussions with copious and up-to-date bibliographies. This book is sure to be acknowledged at once as the standard treatment of its important topic.
Title |
Prayers in stone : Greek architectural sculpture ca. 600-100 B.C.E. / by Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway. [electronic resource] [Sather classical lectures v. 63. ] |
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Publisher |
Berkeley : University of California Press |
Creation Date |
c1999 |
Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph Issued also in print. Includes bibliography (p. 231-249) and index. English |
Series |
Sather classical lectures Prayers in stone |
Extent |
1 online resource (xvi, 255, [48] p. ) ill. (some col.), maps |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010701731405171 |
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Tags
- Sculpture, Greek Themes, motives.
- Sculpture, Hellenistic Themes, motives.
- Relief (Sculpture), Greek Themes, motives.
- Relief (Sculpture), Hellenistic Themes, motives.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural Greece Themes, motives.
- Sculpture, Greek Themes, motives Greece
- Sculpture, Hellenistic Themes, motives
- Relief (Sculpture), Greek Themes, motives
- Relief (Sculpture), Hellenistic Themes, motives
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural Themes, motives
- Architecture
- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts
- Architectural decoration and ornament
- Architecture Decoration and ornament
- Stonework, Decorative
- Hellenistic sculpture
- Hellenistic relief (Sculpture)
- Greek sculpture
- Greek relief (Sculpture)
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