The Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521071260)

Worshippers dedicated hundreds of statues to Athena on the Acropolis during the period between Solon's reforms and the end of the Peloponnesian War. This work brings together the evidence for statue dedications on the Acropolis in the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., including inscribed statues bases that preserve information about the dedicators and the evidence for lost bronze sculptures. Catherine Keesling questions the standard interpretation of the korai as generic and anonymous votaries, while revealing more about the origins and significance of Greek portraiture.

Author: Katherine Keesling,Catherine M. Keesling
ISBN-10: 0521071267
ISBN-13: 9780521071260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/04/2008
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.61d