The Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis.

Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Only the dust jacket is rubbed, otherwise a very good copy without annotations. - During the period between Solon�s reforms and the end of the Peloponnesian War, worshippers dedicated hundreds of statues to Athena on the Acropolis, Athens� primary sanctuary. Some of these statues were Archaic marble korai, works of the greatest significance for the study of Greek art; all are documents of Athenian history. The Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis brings together all of the evidence for statue dedications on the Acropolis in the sixth and fifth centuries bc, including inscribed statues bases that preserve information about the dedicators and the evidence for lost bronze sculptures. Placing the korai and other statues from the Acropolis within the original votive contexts, Catherine Keesling questions the standard interpretation of the korai as generic, anonymous votaries, while shedding new light upon the origins and significance of Greek portraiture. Her study clarifies the role that monumental votive dedications played in the social and political life of Athens in the Archaic and Classical periods. / CONTENTS List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments PART I:ANATHEMATA 1 Statues as Gifts for the Gods 2 Votive Statue Inscriptions 3 Nothing to Do with Democracy? Votive Statues and Athenian History 4 Votive Statues and Athenian Society PART 1I:DIVINE IDENTITIES 5 The Identities of the Acropolis Korai 6 The Iconography of the Acropolis Korai PART IlLHUMAN IDENTITIES 7 Fifth-Century Portrait Statues on the Acropolis CONCLUSION Appendix 1: Pausanias on the Athenian Acropolis (1.22.4-1.28.3) Appendix 2: Sculptors� Signatures on the Acropolis Dedications Appendix 3: Acropolis Statues Matched with Inscribed Bases Notes Selected Bibliography Journal Abbreviations Index. ISBN 9780521815239