Prayers in Stone - Greek Architectural Sculpture (C. 600-100 B.c.e.)

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Info autore

Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway is Rhys Carpenter Professor Emerita of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College. She is the author of The Severe Style in Greek Sculpture (1970), The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture (1977, revised edition 1993), Fifth Century Styles in Greek Sculpture (1981), Roman Copies of Greek Sculpture: The Problem of Originals (1984), Hellenistic Sculpture I: The Styles of ca. 331-200 B.C. (1990), and Fourth Century Styles in Greek Sculpture (1997).

Riassunto

The meaning of architectural sculpture is essential to our understanding of ancient Greek culture. This book is a treatment of the significance of Greek architectural sculpture. It provides an informative tour of many dimensions of Greek public buildings - especially temples, tombs, and treasuries.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brunilde S. Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
• Con la collaborazione di: Brunilde S. Ridgway (Editore)
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.1999
• EAN: 9780520215566
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21556-6
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures (Har; Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures (Har
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; Architecture, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, ARCHITECTURE / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, ART / Sculpture & Installation, sculpture, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient Greek style