Samothracian connections [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of James R. McCredie / / edited by Olga Palagia and Bonna D. Wescoat

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452983203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Oakville, : Oxbow Books, c2010
• ISBN: 1-84217-804-0; 1-299-48523-5; 1-84217-806-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PalagiaOlga; WescoatBonna D; McCredieJames R
• Disciplina: 939/.11
• Soggetti: Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Samothrace Island; Island archaeology - Greece - Samothrace Island; Art, Greek - Greece - Samothrace Island - History; Architecture, Greek - Greece - Samothrace Island - History; Classicists - United States; Electronic books.; Samothrace Island (Greece) Antiquities; Alexandria (Egypt) Antiquities; Phlōrina (Greece) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: James R. McCredie and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens / Irene Bald Romano -- James R. McCredie and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University / Mariët Westermann and Patricia Rubin -- James R. McCredie and Samothracian architecture / Bonna D. Wescoat -- Problems in island archaeology : towards an archaeology of religion on Samothrace / Dimitris Matsas -- Apollo arrives at Samothrace / Mary B. Moore -- Moldmade bowls at Samothrace / Susan Rotroff -- "Up against the wall" : Anta design in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace / Bonna D. Wescoat -- Choroi, Theoriai, and International ambitions : the Hall of Choral Dancers and its frieze / ; Clemente Marconi -- A new ceiling for the Hieron in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace / Amy Sowder -- The victory of Samothrace and the aftermath of the Battle of Pydna / Olga Palagia -- Three marble votive statuettes of women from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace / Sheilla Dillon -- A marble krater from Samothrace / Jasper Gaunt -- L. Calpurnius Piso : Greece and Herculaneum / Carol C. Mattusch -- Maroneia honors Q. Lutatius Catulus on Samothrace / Kevin Clinton and Nora Dimitrova -- An inscription on Roman Samothrace / Robert Pounder -- The conservation program in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace / Stephen P. Koob -- A Fayum teacher's manual, Alexandrian Pavilion architecture, and Augustan wall-painting / R.R.R. Smith -- Homer in Florina / Ioannis Akamatis -- Colleagues and students who worked with James R. McCredie on Samothrace, 1962-2008.