Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs in Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780299149802)

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, Webb provides extensive information about the chronology and interpretation of figural motifs adorning religious, civic, commercial, commemorative, and domestic constructions. She finds that figural sculptures adorn structures at every level from the ground to the roof, and display a wide variety of motifs on such architectural elements as columns, walls, entablatures, and pediments. More than 130 illustrations of Hellenistic monuments--temples, altars, cult buildings, heroa, theaters, bouleuteria, stoas, gymnasia, and houses--and their sculptured adornment complement the author's descriptions and analyses. The book features an extensive bibliography, citing resources from the early nineteenth century to the most recent publications.

Author: Pamela Webb
ISBN-10: 0299149803
ISBN-13: 9780299149802
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/1996
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.34lbs
Size: 11.32h x 8.77w x 0.75d