Description: Provides a new interpretation for the use of figural decoration in Greek temples of the archaic period.
Brief description: Clemente Marconi is the James R. McCredie Professor in the History of Greek Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. A scholar of Greek art and archaeology, he is the author of Selinunte: Le metope dell' Heraion and editor of Greek Painted Pottery: Images, Contexts, and Controversies.
Review Quotes: "a valuable contribution to the literature, and it will be welcomed by students of Archaic Greek art, architecture, and iconography." - Mark Landon, Mount Holyoke College