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Funerary sculpture / by Janet Burnett Grossman.

By: Grossman, Janet Burnett, 1943- [author.]Contributor(s): American School of Classical Studies at Athens | American School of Classical Studies at Athens [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Athenian Agora ; v. 35.Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2013Description: xxxii, 246 pages, 128 pages of plates : illustrations, map; 32 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated | unmediated | unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volume | volume | volumeISBN: 9780876612354 (alk. paper); 0876612354 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Sepulchral monuments -- Greece -- Catalogs | Sculpture, Greek -- Catalogs | Antiquities | Sculpture, Greek | Sepulchral monuments | Agora (Athens, Greece) -- Catalogs | Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities -- Catalogs | Greece -- Antiquities -- Catalogs | Greece | Greece -- Athens | Greece -- Athens -- AgoraGenre/Form: CatalogsDDC classification: 733/.309385 LOC classification: DF287.A23 | A5 vol. 35 | NB1803
Contents:
List Of Illustrations (starting p. xiii) -- List Of Tables (starting p. xv) -- Bibliography And Abbreviations (starting p. xvii) -- Glossary (starting p. xxxi) -- 1. The Study Of Attic Funerary Sculpture (starting p. 1) -- 2. Funerary Sculpture In Athens (starting p. 9) -- 3. Funerary Sculpture From The Athenian Agora (starting p. 65) -- Catalogue -- 4. Funerary Sculpture Of The Classical Period (1-218) (starting p. 75) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Female Figures (1-69) (starting p. 75) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Male Figures (70-140) (starting p. 103) -- Stelai With Standing Male And Standing Female (141, 142) (starting p. 129) -- Stelai With Sirens (143-147) (starting p. 130) -- Stelai With Decorative Anthemia (148-162) (starting p. 132) -- Funerary Vessels (163-212) (starting p. 137) -- Funerary Animals (213-218) (starting p. 159) -- 5. Funerary Sculpture Of The Hellenistic Period (219-239) (starting p. 163) -- Stelai And Naiskoi (219-226) (starting p. 163) -- Mensa And Columnar Monuments (227-233) (starting p. 166) -- East Greek Stelai (234-239) (starting p. 168) -- 6. Funerary Sculpture Of The Roman Period (240-389) (starting p. 171) -- Stelai, Naiskoi, And Columnar Monuments With Female Figures (240-298) (starting p. 171) -- Stelai, Naiskoi, And Columnar Monuments With Male Figures (299-361) (starting p. 190) -- Unfinished Pieces (362-365) (starting p. 212) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Decorative Anthemia (366-370) (starting p. 213) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Pedimental Emblems (371-380) (starting p. 214) -- Columnar Monuments With Vessels And Objects (381-383) (starting p. 218) -- Miscellaneous Pieces (384-389) (starting p. 219) -- Concordance Of Inventory And Catalogue Numbers (starting p. 225) -- General Index (starting p. 229) -- Index Of Museums (starting p. 233) -- Index Of Names (starting p. 241) -- Index Of Demes And Places (starting p. 243) -- Index Of Findspots By Section (starting p. 245) -- Plates
Summary: "Funerary Sculpture is the first volume on sculpture from the Agora in over 50 years, bringing together all the sculpted funerary monuments of the Athenian Agora, Classical through Roman periods, which were discovered during excavation from 1931 through 2009. The wide chronological span allows the author to trace changes in funerary monuments, particularly the break in customs that took place in 317 B.C., and the revival of figured monuments in the Roman period. The study consists of three essays followed by a catalogue of 389 objects. The author places the Agora sculptural fragments within the greater context of Attic funerary sculpture, moving from a general to a specific treatment of the funerary sculpture. The first essay is an overview of the study of Attic types of sculpture; the second discusses the specific features of funerary sculpture from Athens and Attica; and the third examines the characteristics of the funerary sculptures found in the Agora, thereby forming an introduction to the catalogue that follows. The catalogue includes stelai and naiskoi with female and/or male figures, sirens, decorative anthemia, funerary vessels, lekythoi, loutrophoroi, animals, mensa, columnar monuments, and more. There are separate indexes of museums, names, demes, places, and findspots, as well as a general index"-- Publisher's website.
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"Results of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens" -- Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xxix) and indexes.

List Of Illustrations (starting p. xiii) -- List Of Tables (starting p. xv) -- Bibliography And Abbreviations (starting p. xvii) -- Glossary (starting p. xxxi) -- 1. The Study Of Attic Funerary Sculpture (starting p. 1) -- 2. Funerary Sculpture In Athens (starting p. 9) -- 3. Funerary Sculpture From The Athenian Agora (starting p. 65) -- Catalogue -- 4. Funerary Sculpture Of The Classical Period (1-218) (starting p. 75) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Female Figures (1-69) (starting p. 75) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Male Figures (70-140) (starting p. 103) -- Stelai With Standing Male And Standing Female (141, 142) (starting p. 129) -- Stelai With Sirens (143-147) (starting p. 130) -- Stelai With Decorative Anthemia (148-162) (starting p. 132) -- Funerary Vessels (163-212) (starting p. 137) -- Funerary Animals (213-218) (starting p. 159) -- 5. Funerary Sculpture Of The Hellenistic Period (219-239) (starting p. 163) -- Stelai And Naiskoi (219-226) (starting p. 163) -- Mensa And Columnar Monuments (227-233) (starting p. 166) -- East Greek Stelai (234-239) (starting p. 168) -- 6. Funerary Sculpture Of The Roman Period (240-389) (starting p. 171) -- Stelai, Naiskoi, And Columnar Monuments With Female Figures (240-298) (starting p. 171) -- Stelai, Naiskoi, And Columnar Monuments With Male Figures (299-361) (starting p. 190) -- Unfinished Pieces (362-365) (starting p. 212) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Decorative Anthemia (366-370) (starting p. 213) -- Stelai And Naiskoi With Pedimental Emblems (371-380) (starting p. 214) -- Columnar Monuments With Vessels And Objects (381-383) (starting p. 218) -- Miscellaneous Pieces (384-389) (starting p. 219) -- Concordance Of Inventory And Catalogue Numbers (starting p. 225) -- General Index (starting p. 229) -- Index Of Museums (starting p. 233) -- Index Of Names (starting p. 241) -- Index Of Demes And Places (starting p. 243) -- Index Of Findspots By Section (starting p. 245) -- Plates

"Funerary Sculpture is the first volume on sculpture from the Agora in over 50 years, bringing together all the sculpted funerary monuments of the Athenian Agora, Classical through Roman periods, which were discovered during excavation from 1931 through 2009. The wide chronological span allows the author to trace changes in funerary monuments, particularly the break in customs that took place in 317 B.C., and the revival of figured monuments in the Roman period. The study consists of three essays followed by a catalogue of 389 objects. The author places the Agora sculptural fragments within the greater context of Attic funerary sculpture, moving from a general to a specific treatment of the funerary sculpture. The first essay is an overview of the study of Attic types of sculpture; the second discusses the specific features of funerary sculpture from Athens and Attica; and the third examines the characteristics of the funerary sculptures found in the Agora, thereby forming an introduction to the catalogue that follows. The catalogue includes stelai and naiskoi with female and/or male figures, sirens, decorative anthemia, funerary vessels, lekythoi, loutrophoroi, animals, mensa, columnar monuments, and more. There are separate indexes of museums, names, demes, places, and findspots, as well as a general index"-- Publisher's website.