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THE VOTIVE STATUES OF THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS
by Keesling, Catherine M
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521815231
- ISBN 13
- 9780521815239
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0521815231 . Very light pencilling to 1 page. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; 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.; 10.0 X 7.2 X 0.9 inches; 290 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33890
- Title
- THE VOTIVE STATUES OF THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS
- Author
- Keesling, Catherine M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521815231
- ISBN 13
- 9780521815239
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 0521815231, Sculpture & Statue, Paganism, Art And Architecture, Acropolis, Athens & Athenians
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