Prayers in stone : Greek architectural sculpture ca. 600-100 B.C.E. / by Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo, 1929-2024.

Series:

Sather classical lectures ; v. 63.

Sather classical lectures Prayers in stone

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Greek--Themes, motives.

Sculpture, Greek.

Sculpture, Hellenistic--Themes, motives.

Sculpture, Hellenistic.

Relief (Sculpture), Greek--Themes, motives.

Relief (Sculpture), Greek.

Relief (Sculpture), Hellenistic--Themes, motives.

Relief (Sculpture), Hellenistic.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Greece--Themes, motives.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Sculpture, Greek--Themes, motives--Greece.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 255, [48] p. ) ill. (some col.), maps ;

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Glossary

1. Why: The Advantages and Limitations of Studying Greek Architectural Sculpture

2. What: The Issue of Definition

3. Where: The Issue of Visibility

4. How: The Role of Color

5. When: The Changing Meaning

6. Who: Architect, Sculptor, Patron

Conclusions

List of Maps and Illustrations

List of Figures

List of Color Plates

Bibliography

Index of Places

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography (p. 231-249) and index.

ISBN:

0-520-92162-3

0-585-32158-2

OCLC:

1419789011