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OverviewMost of the grandiose and often ostentatious Hellenistic monumental tombs were power- fully expressive and symbolic structures, built to glorify and display the wealth and power of kings, queens, nobles, and other persons of influence or to serve as shrines for the worship of the heroized dead. They were inventive in design and form, created to demonstrate the achievements of the dead in a public architecture of permanence and durability. This lavishly illustrated monograph brings together previously scattered information about Hellenistic funerary monuments and Janos Fedak's own research on the exterior architecture of these impressive structures in the Mediterranean region. The author first establishes a typology of main tomb forms and then considers some of the predecessors of the Hellenistic tombs. He explores the variations of form that resulted from differences in climate, building materials, and social and religious customs. Adherence to strong local traditional practice in building is visible in each region, but new ideas and novel funerary architecture were welcomed everywhere in the Hellenistic world. Fedak's wide-ranging approach makes the work of interest not only to specialists in Greek architecture and archaeologists but also to students of classical studies and historians of art and religion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Janos FedakPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Volume: v. 27 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.936kg ISBN: 9780802026941ISBN 10: 080202694 Pages: 500 Publication Date: 28 April 1990 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews'The architectural handbook lives on in this book, which is essentially a typologically determined catalog arranged according to the following categories: Built tombs, rock cut tombs, tombs of mixed construction, and tumuli.' -- R. Brilliant Choice Author InformationJanos Fedak is a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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