Serpent Column - A Cultural Biography

Zusatztext It is a good story, well told. Informationen zum Autor Paul Stephenson is Professor of History and Head, School of History and Heritage, University of Lincoln. Klappentext Paul Stephenson twists together multiple strands to relate the cultural biography of a unique monument, the Serpent Column, which stands today in Istanbul 2500 years after it was raised at Delphi. Zusammenfassung Paul Stephenson twists together multiple strands to relate the cultural biography of a unique monument, the Serpent Column, which stands today in Istanbul 2500 years after it was raised at Delphi. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1. Studying the Plataian Tripod 2. Plataia 3. Delphi 4. Constantinople in Late Antiquity 5. Constantinople in the Middle Ages 6. Fountain 7. Talisman 8. Istanbul Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Paul Stephenson, Paul (Professor of History and Head Stephenson, Stephenson Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9780190209063
• ISBN: 978-0-19-020906-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture; Onassis Series in Hellenic Cul; Onassis Hellenic Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, ART / Sculpture & Installation, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, sculpture, History of Art, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Byzantine Empire, Ancient Greek style