Iconography Of Sculptured Statue Bases: In The Archaic And Classical Periods (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) [Hardcover]

Angeliki Kosmopoulou (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2003 | Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics

The only systematic study in any language of all known Greek statue bases with sculptural relief, both surviving and known through literary sources.

Wisconsin Studies in Classics, Richard Daniel De Puma and Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, General Editors

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"This comprehensive material on sculptured statue bases has never been gathered and presented before in any language, so Kosmopoulou's work is of great importance for archaeologists, historians of art and of religion, and scholars of ancient culture (including athletics and gender studies)."-Brunilde S. Ridgway, Bryn Mawr College, author of Hellenistic Sculpture, volumes 1-3

About the Author

Angeliki Kosmopoulou is head of the Department of Publications at the Athens Concert Hall in Athens, Greece. She holds a Ph.D. in classical and Near Eastern archaeology and has been an adjunct professor of archaeology at the University of Thessaly.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (January 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0299176401
• ISBN-13: 978-0299176402
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,251,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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