Unit:
Department of History and ArchaeologyLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Dissertation committee:
Όλγα Παλαγγιά (Επιβλέπουσα) - Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας-Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Λυδία Παλαιοκρασσά (Συμβουλευτική επιτροπή) - Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας-Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Ιφιγένεια Λεβέντη (Συμβουλευτική επιτροπή) - Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας, Αρχαιολογίας και Κοινωνικής Ανθρωπολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας
Στυλιανός Κατάκης (Εξεταστική επιτροπή) - Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας-Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Ελένη Παπαγιάννη (Εξεταστική επιτροπή) - Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας,Τμήμα Ιστορίας-Αρχαιολογίας, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Δημήτρης Δαμάσκος (Εξεταστική επιτροπή) - Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Διαχείρησης Πολιτισμικού Περιβάλλοντος και Νέων Τεχνολογιών, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών
Original Title:
Φέρουσες μορφές, ενταγμένες σε αρχιτεκτονήματα, στην αρχαία ελληνική και ρωμαϊκή γλυπτική
Translated title:
Sculpted figures serving as architectural supports in ancient Greek and Roman Sculpture
Summary:
This doctoral thesis presents a comprehensive survey of sculptures that served as architectural supports in ancient buildings, either incorporated as load-bearing elements or imitating a structural function through their posture. The study is an attempt to bring together all the available evidence regarding this kind of architectural sculpture, clarifying issues related to the structural, typological, stylistic and interpretive features of the sculptures. It is also noteworthy that emphasis is placed on sculptures found within the limits of the modern Greek state, the remains of which are examined in detail. The material, dating from the Archaic period down to Late Antiquity, is presented and discussed in chronological order. The catalogue entries (that include also unpublished pieces) refer to sculptures found in Greece, for which a load-bearing function is determined or implied through their posture. Literary evidence and inscriptions are also of fundamental importance for illuminating aspects of the studied material. On the basis of the sculptures’ posture and iconography, it can be concluded that the most usual types of figured supports are as follows: the kore type, the atlant type (closed / open posture), the caryatid type, the barbarian type and the satyr type. The earliest sculptures used as freestanding architectural supports were the korai of the archaic Delphic treasuries, while in the classical period the peplophoroi of the south prostasis of the Erechtheion became models of an autonomous structural function, independent of adjacent walls or antae. During the Hellenistic and Roman periods the use of figured supports is expanding, as well as the tendency to adjust them freely in relation to the architectural frame. Thus korai, caryatids, tritons, barbarians, satyrs and maenads were used in propyla, door openings, theater stage buildings and burial tombs, with a greater emphasis on decoration, as shown by the coherence of several sculptures with free standing pillars, columns or antae. The concluding section of the study considers issues of structural function and meaning, taking account of the diachronic overview of the material.
Main subject category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
Caryatid, Atlas, Silenus, Maenad, Sculpture, Architecture, Antiquity
Number of references:
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