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Archaic Attic gravestones

By Gisela M.A. Richter

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1944
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
8 MB (8295804 bytes)
Series
Martin classical lectures ; v. 10
Pages
110\110
Time added
2013-08-30 16:13:03

Description

In Attica, around 580 BC, a series of tall gravestones begins, topped by the figure of a sphinx, on a simply decorated capital. After the mid-century the capital is elaborated as palmettes with spirals, but soon thereafter the stele type is simplified, with a palmette only. The type disppears in the early 5th cent. BC. Most figures are male and there is rough age differentiation by type: young as athlete, mature as warrior, old as man with dog. In the last phase the rectangular bases for the stelai may be decorated in relief on three sides.

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