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20 - Sculpture and Its Role in the City

from Part III - Business/Commerce

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2021

By
Olga Palagia
Edited by
Jenifer Neils  and
Dylan K. Rogers
Jenifer Neils
Affiliation:
American School of Classical Studies, Athens
Dylan K. Rogers
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Summary

This chapter deals with sculpture in Athens and Attica in the Archaic and Classical periods. Marble sculpture was introduced to Athens from the Cyclades in the late seventh century. Bronze became the dominant medium for sculpture from the late sixth century on.

Keywords

Pentelic marbleHymettian marbleParian marbleTyrannicidesParthenon
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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens , pp. 282 - 292
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

For the functions of sculpture in Athens, see Palagia 2015a, along with Hochscheid 2015 on the production of sculpture and its impact on the Athenian landscape. On bronzes, see Mattusch 1988. For the early marble sculpture in Athens, see Sturgeon in Palagia 2006; Palagia 2010; Sturgeon in Palagia 2019. For Classical sculpture in Athens, see Palagia in Palagia 2006. For Athenian sculpture in Parian marble, see Palagia 2000. For the quarries on Mt. Penteli, see Korres 2000 and 2001. For workshops of marble sculptors in the Agora, see Lawton 2006 and Tsakirgis 2015. For reliefs, see Clairmont 1993, Lawton 1995a, and Comella 2002.

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Additional resources to accompany this chapter can be found at: www.cambridge.org/NeilsRogers

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