Prayers in Stone

Greek Architectural Sculpture

By: Brunilde S. Ridgway

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Hardcover | 31 August 1999 | Edition Number 1

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The meaning of architectural sculpture is essential to our understanding of ancient Greek culture. The embellishment of buildings was common for the ancient Greeks, and often provocative. Some ornamental sculpture was placed where, when the building was finished, no mortal eye could view it. And unlike much architectural ornamentation of other cultures, Greek sculpture was often integral to the building, not just as decoration, and could not be removed without affecting the integrity of the building structure. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the significance of Greek architectural sculpture. Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, a world-class authority on ancient Greek sculpture, provides a highly informative tour of many dimensions of Greek public buildings--especially temples, tombs, and treasuries--in a text that is at once lucid, accessible, and authoritative.
Ridgway's pragmatism and common sense steer us tactfully and clearly through thickets of uncertainty and scholarly disagreement. She refers to a huge number of monuments, and documents her discussions with copious and up-to-date bibliographies. This book is sure to be acknowledged at once as the standard treatment of its important topic.

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Ancient History to the Year 500 Regional & National History European History Fiction Classic Fiction General & World History Archaeology

Preface
Glossary
Why: The Advantages and Limitations of Studying Greek Architectural Sculpture	p. 1
What: The Issue of Definition	p. 36
Where: The Issue of Visibility	p. 74
How: The Role of Color	p. 103
When: The Changing Meaning	p. 143
Who: Architect, Sculptor, Patron	p. 184
Conclusions	p. 220
List of Maps and Illustrations	p. 223
List of Figures	p. 227
List of Color Plates	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 231
Index of Places	p. 251
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