Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs In Western Anatolia And The Aegean Islands: Wisconsin Studies in Classics

In this book, the first to focus specifically on the figural adornment of Hellenistic architecture, Webb provides extensive information about the chronology and interpretation of figural motifs adorning religious, civic, commercial, commemorative, and domestic constructions. She finds that figural sculptures adorn structures at every level from the ground to the roof, and display a wide variety of motifs on such architectural elements as columns, walls, entablatures, and pediments. More than 130 illustrations of Hellenistic monuments—temples, altars, cult buildings, heroa, theaters, bouleuteria, stoas, gymnasia, and houses—and their sculptured adornment complement the author's descriptions and analyses. The book features an extensive bibliography, citing resources from the early nineteenth century to the most recent publications.