Webb, Pamela A.

Hellenistic architectural sculpture : figural motifs in western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands / Pamela A. Webb.

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1996.

xv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Wisconsin studies in classics

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, pediments, and cornices. 142 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.

0299149803 (alk. paper)
9780299149802 (alk. paper)

Sculpture, Hellenistic Turkey Aegean Sea Region.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Turkey Aegean Sea Region.
Sculpture, Hellenistic Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)
Sculpture hellénistique Égée, Îles de la mer (Grèce et Turquie)
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Égée, Îles de la mer (Grèce et Turquie)
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Sculpture, Hellenistic
Bauplastik
Hellenismus
Plastische kunst.
Figuratieve kunst.
Escultura hel·lenística Grècia.
Decoració i ornamentació arquitectòniques Turquía.
Decoració i ornamentació arquitectòniques Grecia.
Sculpture, Hellenistic Turkey.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Turkey.
Sculpture hellénistique Asie mineure.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Asie mineure.
Sculpture hellénistique Égée, Îles de la mer.
Mediterranean Region Aegean Islands
Westanatolien
Ägäis
Ägäische Inseln
Turkey Antiquities.
Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) Antiquities.
Geschichte 336 v. Chr.-30 v. Chr.

Wisconsin studies in classics.

Location: Library main 111827
Call No.: ID NA3565.A3.A288; ID:96-B2018
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