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Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs In Western Anatolia And The Aegean Islands (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
Pamela Webb
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Hardcover. Focusing specifically on the figural adornment of Hellenistic architecture, this study provides extensive information about the chronology and interpretation of figural motifs adorning religious, civic, commercial, commemorative and domestic constructions. Translator(s): Fowler, Barbara Hughes. Num Pages: 224 pages, 88 b/w pls, 54 line-drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAG; ACG; AFK; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1061.
Sculpted figural motifs were an important component of many buildings in the Hellenistic world, and their frequent relegation to subsidiary status has, until now, left our knowledge of both Hellenistic architecture and sculpture incomplete. In Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture, Pamela A. Webb examines the full range of figural embellishment—from simple to complex, on large monuments as well as on more obscure ones, and in the major population centers as well as the smaller cities, sanctuaries, and isolated areas throughout western Anatolia and the Aegean islands.
In this book, the first to focus specifically on the figural adornment of Hellenistic architecture, ... Read more
Sculpted figural motifs were an important component of many buildings in the Hellenistic world, and their frequent relegation to subsidiary status has, until now, left our knowledge of both Hellenistic architecture and sculpture incomplete. In Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture, Pamela A. Webb examines the full range of figural embellishment—from simple to complex, on large monuments as well as on more obscure ones, and in the major population centers as well as the smaller cities, sanctuaries, and isolated areas throughout western Anatolia and the Aegean islands.
In this book, the first to focus specifically on the figural adornment of Hellenistic architecture, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299149802
SKU
V9780299149802
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Reviews for Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs In Western Anatolia And The Aegean Islands (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
Reading the book was pure pleasure. Webb brings together an extraordinary amount of material, ranging from the extremely familiar to the very obscure, and puts it in overall perspective both as sculpture and as architectural elements. I am certain that specialists in both fields will find it useful and enlightening, and also that it will be accessible and enjoyable for ... Read more