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Architectural Networks in the North Aegean : Thasos, Samothrace, and the Formation of Hellenistic Design.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aylward, William.
- Series:
- The Warren Moon Series in Art and Archaeology Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Greek--History.
- Architecture, Greek.
- Architecture--Greece--Thrace, Western--History.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Greece--Macedonia--History.
- Architecture--Greece--Samothrace Island--History.
- Architecture--Greece--Thasos Island--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- During the Hellenistic period, the North Aegean Sea was a dynamic and diverse area, linked by robust trading networks and sometimes precarious political allegiances.The islands of Thasos, Samothrace, and Lesbos in particular played crucial roles in their position between Anatolia, Macedonia, Thrace, and Greece.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- The Warren Moon Series in Art and Archaeology
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction: Framing the Inquiry
- Part I: Sanctuaries and Monuments
- chapter 1: Commemorating the Sea in the Hellenistic North Aegean
- chapter 2: The Messon Temple on the Island of Lesbos: A Pseudodipteral Ionic Temple of Hera, Zeus, and Dionysos
- chapter 3: The Ancient Theater of Aigai at Vergina: Previous Excavations and New Observations
- chapter 4: The Ancient Theater at Maroneia in Thrace
- chapter 5: Sanctuaries of Athena in the North Aegean
- Part II: Technique and Design
- chapter 6: Putting the Marble Back in the Quarry: Visualizing the Thasian-Samothracian Network That Built the Propylon of Ptolemy II
- chapter 7: Particularities of the Northwest Stoa in the Agora of Thasos
- chapter 8: Water Management and Monumentality on Thasos and Samothrace
- chapter 9: The Window in North Aegean Architecture: Integration of Openings in Thasian and Samothracian Buildings
- chapter 10: Technical Innovation and Building Policy in the North Aegean
- Part III: Ornament
- chapter 11: Architecture and Ornamentation in the North Aegean: Specificities, Connections, Interactions
- chapter 12: The Lesbian Kyma in Northern Greece
- chapter 13: The Gorgon in the Architectural Decoration of the North Aegean
- chapter 14: Bucrania: The Samothracian Origins of a Significant Hellenistic Ornament
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-299-35013-4
- OCLC:
- 1540342283
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