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Olympic Victor Monuments And Greek Athletic Art

Olympic Victor Monuments And Greek Athletic Art

Woodburn Hyde, Walter

Paperback

BowlingAmerican Art - GeneralAncient Rome

ISBN10: 9354441149
ISBN13: 9789354441141
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 492
Weight: 2.49
Height: 0.99 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Where marble muscles once blazed in the sun, glory was chiselled into stone. In Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art, a scholarly study of the ancient Olympics and their commemorative art, Walter Woodburn Hyde follows ancient Olympic victor statues back to the stadiums, sanctuaries, and festivals of classical Greece. These silent statues still speak. Through a precise yet vivid Greek athletic sculpture analysis, he reveals how monuments to Olympic winners expressed personal fame, civic pride, and devotion to the gods. First published in the early twentieth century, this classical archaeology monograph unites ancient Greek art history with the history of ancient athletics and the intertwined world of Greek sports and religion. Hyde ranges across ancient Olympia archaeological study, literary testimonies, and stylistic comparison to trace the development of athletic imagery from rigid archaic figures to the poised realism of the high classical age. The result remains a valued reference book for classicists and a dependable classical archaeology textbook resource for courses on classical Greece Olympic Games, sculpture, and cult. Long respected by scholars yet highly readable, it appeals equally to curious general readers drawn to the ancient Olympics and to collectors of serious historical works. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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