Relief Sculpture of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Relief Sculpture of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Brian Cook Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology No comparable catalogue is in existence Contains hundreds of detailed, previously unpublished photographs Examines the controversy about who carved the Mausoleum friezesDescription The site of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was rediscovered and partially excavated by C. T. Newton’s expedition in 1865-6, and has been cleared completely by the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum (1966-76). Most of the fragments of relief sculpture have not been published before. The larger pieces, including slabs formerly incorporated in the Castle at Bodrum, are well known, but new, detailed photographs are published here for the first time.The Introduction includes a history of the site and the reliefs, with a new hypothesis on their location in the castle, a critique of Newton’s accounts of his excavation, and a definitive rebuttal of many attempts made over the past century to attribute the reliefs to the sculptors named by Pliny and Vitruvius as responsible for decorating the four sides of the building, attempts now seen to be mistaken in method and misleading in results.Table of Contents Introduction I:The Mausoleum Friezes before 1855 II:Newton and the Mausoleum III:The Sculptors of the Mausoleum Friezes IV:Technical Details Scientific Appendix, Keith Matthews Catalogue The Amazon Frieze The Centaur Frieze The Coffers Unclassified fragments The Chariot Frieze