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Author:   Peter Schultz ,  Ralf Von den Hoff ,  Peter Schultz ,  Ralf von den Hoff
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 20.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 29.20cm
Weight:   0.839kg
ISBN:  

9781782977391

ISBN 10:   1782977392
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   16 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Forward (Peter Schultz and Ralf von den Hoff) I. Structure and Ornament: The narratology and theology of architectural sculpture, or What you can do with a chariot but can't do with a satyr on a Greek temple (Robin Osborne) Back to the second century B.C.: new thoughts on the date of the sculptured coffers from the temple of Athena Polias, Priene (Peter Higgs) Inscription as ornament in Greek architecture (Patricia Butz) The origins of the Corinthian capital (David Scahill) Architectural sculpture: messages? programs? Towards rehabilitating the notion of 'decoration' (Tonio Holscher) II. Technique and Agency: Accounting for agency at Epidauros: IG IV2 102 AI-BI and the economies of style (Peter Schultz) New evidence for Parthenon metope east 14 (Katherine Schwab) Hair or wreath? Metal attachments on heads in architectural sculpture (Andras Patay-Horvath) III. Myth and Narrative: Herakles, Theseus and the Athenian treasury at Delphi (Ralf von den Hoff) A new approach to the Hephaisteion: Heroic models in the Athenian Agora (Judith Barringer) Interpretations of the Ionic frieze of the temple of Posiedon at Sounion (Iphigeneia Leventi) Herakles at Olympia: The sculptural program of the temple of Zeus at Olympia (Hilda Westervelt) IV. Diffusion and Influence: The relief metopes from Selinus: programs and messages (Erik Ostby) Exchange and influence: hybridity and the gate reliefs of Thasos (Justin St. P. Walsh) The reception of architectural sculpture in two-dimensional art (Martin Bentz) Roman victory and Greek identity: the battle frieze on the 'Parthian' monument at Ephesus (Lorenz Winkler-Horacek)

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...a useful book for scholars, graduates and undergraduates.' -- John Ma, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University Bryn Mawr Classical Review

...a useful book for scholars, graduates and undergraduates.'--John Ma, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University Bryn Mawr Classical Review (01/01/0001)

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