Greek Sculpture and the Problem of Description

List of Illustrations vii Preface and Acknowledgements xi Abbreviations xv The Problem of Archaeological Description 1(19) Description and Interpretation 1(2) Archaeology, Philology, and the Contest for Intellectual Rigor 3(11) Description as a Problem in Art History 14(3) Conventions of Description and Their Consequences 17(3) Nikandre's Dedication and the Description of Early Greek Statuary 20(135) A Comparison 20(18) Descriptions of Nikandre's Dedication 38(18) The Category of Early Greek Statuary 56(6) Material, Technique, and Form 62(26) Ethnicity and Early Greek Statuary 88(13) Psychology and Early Greek Statuary 101(19) The Statue from Levidhi 120(11) The Lady of Auxerre 131(12) The Victory of Samothrace 143(12) The Analysis of the Clothed Female Form 155(47) Approaches to the Clothed Female Figure 155(10) The Workings of the Draped Figure 165(16) The Concept of Drapery 181(17) Representational Accountability 198(4) Nikandre's Dedication and the Lady of Auxerre 202(20) Conclusion 222(3) Bibliography 225(26) Index 251