Seller: Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Softcover. Condition: Fine. A series of papers publishing the results of a colloquium held at the University of Clermont-Ferrand in 1998 on the subject of Classical Attic stone funerary stelae. A number of different approaches to their study are presented here including stylistic and historical studies, those focusing on the language of iconography, the form and types of images on the stelae, and the associated funerary ritual, with comparisons frequently made to other periods, and two papers on museography. Papers in French, English and German.; 208 pages.