Author : Pamela A. Webb
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780299149802
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, pediments, and cornices. 142 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.