Figured Tombstones From Macedonia, Fifth-First Century Bc

Zusatztext For a study of this kind, Kalaitzi's book is exemplary, offering a meticulously detailed presentation of 216 tombstones that have survived from ancient Macedonia. ... Kalaitzi has expended a tremendous amount ofeffort to study first-hand as many monumentsas possible, while at the same time informing herreaders of new discoveries or monuments that havenot yet been fully published. Informationen zum Autor Myrina Kalaitzi is an Assistant Researcher at the National Hellenic Research Foundation. Klappentext This volume brings together for the first time ancient Macedonian stone funerary monuments, or stelai, which feature figured representations of the deceased and their relatives. Taking as its focus the Classical and Hellenistic periods, it goes beyond artistic evaluation to consider the social history and wider meaning of the monuments. Zusammenfassung This volume brings together for the first time ancient Macedonian stone funerary monuments, or stelai, which feature figured representations of the deceased and their relatives. Taking as its focus the Classical and Hellenistic periods, it goes beyond artistic evaluation to consider the social history and wider meaning of the monuments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Maps List of Colour Plates List of Black and White Photographs and Sketches of Catalogued Tombstones 1: Introduction 2: From Stone Effigies to the Aiane Sculptures 3: Figured Tombstones of the Fifth Century BC 4: Figured Tombstones of the Fourth Century BC 5: Figured Tombstones of the Third-First Centuries BC 6: Figured Tombstones in Context 7: Conclusions Appendix: Excavations of Cemetaries in Macedonia References Catalogue of Figured Tombstones Table of Concordances Index of Museums General Index

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• Authors: Myrina Kalaitzi, Myrina (Assistant Researcher Kalaitzi, Kalaitzi Myrina
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.2016
• EAN: 9780198746454
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874645-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; Oxford Monographs on Classical
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology