The art of the Hekatompedon inscription and the birth of the stoikhedon style / by Patricia A. Butz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butz, Patricia A.

Series:

Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; v. 16.

Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hekatompedon inscription.

Architectural inscriptions--Greece--Athens.

Architectural inscriptions.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Greece--Athens.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Stoichedon inscriptions.

Greek language--Alphabet.

Greek language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to present the Hekatompedon Inscription at Athens ( IG I³ 4) as a major monument of Greek art, legitimately on a par with more famous landmarks of the Greek aesthetic tradition like the Parthenon Frieze. Inscribed most probably in the middle of the decade that saw the Greek response to the Persian invasion, the Hekatompedon Inscription has long been recognized for its historical and religious importance. This study looks at the inscription on its own terms: the unique fusion of its visual and textual content in that most Greek of epigraphical layouts, the stoikhedon style. Such an approach leads to the question of origins: where and why was the stoikhedon style formulated and where does the Hekatompedon Inscription stand in that development? Egypt’s influential system of proportions and use of grids will be considered determinative for the very first time.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / P.A. Butz

Chapter One. The Alphabet Of The Hekatompedon Inscription / P.A. Butz

Chapter Two. The Stoikhedon Arrangement Of The Hekatompedon Inscription / P.A. Butz

Chapter Three. Punctuation And The Hekatompedon Inscription As Sacred Law / P.A. Butz

Chapter Four. The Hekatompedon Inscription And The Origins Of The Stoikhedon Style / P.A. Butz

Chapter Five. The Hekatompedon Inscription And The Definition Of The Stoikhedon Style / P.A. Butz

Chapter Six. The Hekatompedon Inscription As Monument And Masterpiece / P.A. Butz

Appendix One. Catalogue Of Fragments For Metope A Of The Hekatompedon Inscription / P.A. Butz

Appendix Two. Restored Text For Metope A Of The Hekatompedon Inscription / P.A. Butz

Appendix Three. Restored Text For Metope B Of The Hekatompedon Inscription / P.A. Butz

Epigraphical Index / P.A. Butz

General Index / P.A. Butz.

Notes:

Based the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1995) under the title: The 'Hekatompedon Inscription' at Athens.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-03909-5

9786613039095

90-04-19327-8

90-04-18308-6

OCLC:

707926719

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004183087.i-174 DOI