The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai

by Mary Stieber

Book Overview

Some of the loveliest works of Archaic art were the Athenian korai-sculptures of beautiful young women presenting offerings to the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis. Sculpted in the sixth and early fifth centuries B.C., they served as votives until Persians sacked the citadel in 480/79 B.C. Subsequently, they were buried as a group and forgotten for nearly twenty-four centuries, until archaeologists excavated them in the 1880s. Today,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292742363
• ISBN13: 9780292742369
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"