Sculpture I, 1952-1967, Volume 4, Part 1Excavations at the Isthmian Sanctuary and Fortress, undertaken since the 1950s by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, have uncovered 150-plus graves and 100-plus skeletons. Under the direction of Paul Clement, a team sponsored by the U. of California at Los Angeles investigated these burials; analysis and publication of the material fell to Timothy E. Gregory, director of a team sponsored by the Ohio State U. As part of a larger study of the historical setting of the graves, Joseph L. Rife (Vanderbilt U.) began work on the graves in 1995, and this volume contains his findings. Coverage encompasses the end of the fourth century to the seventh or eighth century. (A future volume will cover the Late Archaic and Classical findings and context.) Distribution in North America is by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ARCHAIC AND EARLY CLASSICAL SCULPTURES | 14 |
IVORY FIGURINE 2 | 62 |
LIMESTONE KOUROS 3 | 68 |
TERRACOTTA SCULPTURES 15 16 | 74 |
SELECTED FRAGMENTS | 145 |
Inventoried Sculpture from the Isthmia Chicago Excavations | 158 |
Uninventoried Sculpture Fragments | 187 |
Common terms and phrases
7th century Akurgal Amphitrite appears Archaic Artemis Athens base Berlin bowl broken Broneer bronze Calydonian Boar Hunt carved chipped chiton coarse grained colossal Corinth cult curve dated decoration dedication depict Drapery fragment Dreros edge Excavations face figure figurine footnote forearm Fragmentary front Gabelmann Gordion Gortyna Greece Greek Hadrian hair Hesperia incised Isthmia Isthmian Games ivory joining fragments korai Kore kouros Kybele large p.L. left hand life-size lions lower medium grained marble micaceous monument motif Museum neck Niobids Olympia p.Th paint Palaimon Palaimonion Pausanias Pentelic Perachora perirrhanterion piece plinth polos portion Poseidon preserved probably pronaos pteron relief Richter Roman Samos Sanctuary of Poseidon sculptures shoulder side similar Single fragment Slab Sparta statue style suggest surface survives temenos Temple of Poseidon temple Tr terracotta upper torso vases vertical white fine grained white medium grained wrist