| Description |
xv, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The temple of Zeus at Olympia, heroic models, and the Panhellenic sanctuary -- The Athenian akropolis, female power, and state religion -- Making heroes in the Athenian agora -- Myth and religion at Delphi -- The cult of the individual and the realm of the dead. |
| Summary |
"What do Greek myths mean, and how was their meaning created for the ancient viewer? In Art, Myth, and Ritual in Classical Greece, Judith Barringer considers the use of myth on monuments at several key sites - Olympia, Athens, Delphi, and Trysa - showing that myth was neither randomly selected nor purely decorative. The mythic scenes on these monuments had meaning, the interpretation of which depended on context. Barringer explains how the same myth can possess different meanings and how, in a monumental context, the mythological image relates to the site and often to other monuments surrounding it, which redouble, resonate, or create variations on a theme. The architectural sculpture examined here is discussed in a series of five case studies, which are chronologically arranged and offer a range of physical settings, historical and social circumstances, and interpretive problems. Providing new interpretations of familiar monuments, this volume also offers a comprehensive way of seeing and understanding Greek art and culture as an integrated whole."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Mythology, Greek, in art.
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Art and religion -- Greece.
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Sculpture, Greek.
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| ISBN |
9780521641340 hardback |
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0521641349 hardback |
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9780521646475 paperback |
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0521646472 paperback |
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