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The interpretation of architectural sculpture in Greece and Rome / edited by Diana Buitron-Oliver.

Contributor(s): Buitron-Oliver, Diana | National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Series: Studies in the history of art ; v. 49. Symposium papers ; 29Publisher: Washington : Hanover, N.H. : National Gallery of Art ; Distributed by the University Press of New England, c1997.Description: 222 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0894682555Subject(s): Sculpture, Classical -- Themes, motives | Relief (Sculpture), Classical -- Themes, motives | Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Greece -- Themes, motives | Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Rome -- Themes, motives | Mythology, Classical, in artDDC classification: 733
Contents:
Zeus and Pelops in the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia / Helmut Kyrieleis -- First among equals : Athena in the east pediment of the Parthenon / Olga Palagia -- The meaning of the Parthenon frieze / Jerome J. Pollitt -- Parthenon central south metopes : new evidence / Alexander Mantis -- The sculpted decoration of the so-called Theseion : old answers, new questions / Angelos Delivorrias -- The glories of the Athenians : observations on the program of the frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike / Evelyn B. Harrison -- An interpretation of the Nike Temple Parapet / Erika Simon -- "Ex his castra, ex his tribus replebuntur" : the marble Panegyric on the Arch of Trajan at Beneventum / Mario Torelli -- In search of the Roman viewer / Paul Zanker -- The Traianeum in Italica (Spain) and the Library of Hadrian in Athens / Mary T. Boatwright.
Holdings
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Book Book British Museum Greece and Rome Shelves Greek Sculpture: Architectural: BUI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00027542
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Proceedings of the symposium with the same title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Zeus and Pelops in the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia / Helmut Kyrieleis -- First among equals : Athena in the east pediment of the Parthenon / Olga Palagia -- The meaning of the Parthenon frieze / Jerome J. Pollitt -- Parthenon central south metopes : new evidence / Alexander Mantis -- The sculpted decoration of the so-called Theseion : old answers, new questions / Angelos Delivorrias -- The glories of the Athenians : observations on the program of the frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike / Evelyn B. Harrison -- An interpretation of the Nike Temple Parapet / Erika Simon -- "Ex his castra, ex his tribus replebuntur" : the marble Panegyric on the Arch of Trajan at Beneventum / Mario Torelli -- In search of the Roman viewer / Paul Zanker -- The Traianeum in Italica (Spain) and the Library of Hadrian in Athens / Mary T. Boatwright.