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Prayers in Stone - Greek Architectural Sculpture (c. 600-100 B.C.E.) (Hardcover)
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Prayers in Stone - Greek Architectural Sculpture (c. 600-100 B.C.E.) (Hardcover)
Series: Sather Classical Lectures, 63
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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.
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