Overview

The purpose of this book is to present the Hekatompedon Inscription at Athens (IG I³ 4) as a major monument of Greek art, legitimately on a par with more famous landmarks of the Greek aesthetic tradition like the Parthenon Frieze. Inscribed most probably in the middle of the decade that saw the Greek response to the Persian invasion, the Hekatompedon Inscription has long been recognized for its historical and religious importance. This study looks at the inscription on its own terms: the unique fusion of its visual and textual content in that most Greek of epigraphical layouts, the stoikhedon style. Such an approach leads to the question of origins: where and why was the stoikhedon style formulated and where does the Hekatompedon Inscription stand in that development? Egypt’s influential system of proportions and use of grids will be considered determinative for the very first time.

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Author:   Patricia A. Butz
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 28.70cm
Weight:   0.961kg
ISBN:  

9789004183087

ISBN 10:   9004183086
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   26 July 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction List of Terminology Bibliography and Abbreviations Chapter One The Alphabet of the Hekatompedon Inscription Chapter Two The Stoikhedon Arrangement of the Hekatompedon Inscription Chapter Three Punctuation and the Hekatompedon Inscription as Sacred Law Chapter Four The Hekatompedon Inscription and the Origins of the Stoikhedon Style Chapter Five The Hekatompedon Inscription and the Definition of the Stoikhedon Style Chapter Six The Hekatompedon Inscription as Monument and Masterpiece Appendices Appendix One Catalogue of Fragments for Metope A of the Hekatompedon Inscription Appendix Two Restored Text for Metope A of the Hekatompedon Inscription Appendix Three Restored Text for Metope B of the Hekatompedon Inscription Epigraphical Index General Index

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Patricia A. Butz, Ph.D. (1995) in Art History, University of Southern California, is Professor of Art History at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She has published extensively on the palaeographic and visual components inherent in classical inscriptions, most recently ""Inscription as ornament in Greek architecture"" in: Structure, Image, Ornament: Architectural Sculpture in the Greek World (Oxbow, 2009).

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