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Atene e la corte tolemaica : l'ara con dodekatheon nel Museo greco-romano di Alessandria
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ISBN: 8882650669 Year: 1999 Volume: 8 Publisher: Roma : L'Erma di Bretschneider,

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Myter i marmor : grekiska konstverk i romerska museer
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ISBN: 9170811849 9789170811845 Year: 1999 Volume: 152 Publisher: Jonsered [Sweden]: Åström,

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Gedenkschrift für Andreas Linfert : Hellenistische Gruppen.
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ISBN: 3805325363 Year: 1999 Publisher: Mainz : P. von Zabern,

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Prayers in stone : Greek architectural sculpture ca. 600-100 B.C.E.
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ISBN: 0520921623 0585321582 9780520921627 9780585321585 0520215567 9780520215566 Year: 1999 Volume: v. 63. Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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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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