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Informationen zum Autor Olga Palagia is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Athens! Greece. A member of the committee for the restoration of the Acropolis monuments and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries! among many other distinctions! she is editor! most recently! of Greek Sculpture: Function! Materials! and Techniques in the Archaic and Classical Periods. Klappentext Examines the effects of the Peloponnesian War on the arts of Athens. Zusammenfassung This book examines the effects of the Peloponnesian War on the arts of Athens and the historical and artistic contexts in which this art was produced. This is the first book to focus on the new themes and new kinds of art introduced in Athens as a result of the thirty-year war. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Athenian religion and the Peloponnesian War Michael A. Flower; 2. Archaism and the quest for immortality in Attic sculpture during the Peloponnesian War Olga Palagia; 3. The Eleusinian sanctuary during the Peloponnesian War Kevin Clinton; 4. Attic votive reliefs and the Peloponnesian War Carol L. Lawton; 5. War! plague! and politics in Athens in the 420s Lisa Kallet; 6. The north frieze of the temple of Athena Nike Peter Schultz; 7. Thucydides and the unheroic dead Brian Bosworth; 8. Images in the Athenian demosion sema Hans Rupprecht Goette; 9. Children in Athenian funerary art during the Peloponnesian War John H. Oakley; 10. Alcibiades: the politics of personal style H. A. Shapiro.
