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Prayers in Stone Prayers in Stone Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway The meaning of architectural sculpture is essential to our understanding of ancient Greek culture. The embellishment of buildings was common for the ancient Greeks, and often provocative. Some orname… OL1806453W
Greek Funerary Sculpture Greek Funerary Sculpture Janet Grossman "It is a sad fact that most of the sculpture created in ancient Greece has vanished. Of that which has survived, a majority is funerary sculpture. These highly visible markers commemorating the dead … OL8623042W
The Iconography of Sculptured Statue Bases in the Archaic and Classical Periods (Wisconsin Studies … The Iconography of Sculptured Statue Bases in the Archaic and Classical Periods (Wisconsin Studies … Angeliki Kosmopoulou "This is the only systematic study to date of all known Greek relief statue bases, both surviving and cited in literary sources. It identifies and analyzes the distinct iconographic and technical cha… OL9380927W