Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299177102
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This is the final volume in Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway's series of books covering the entire range of Greek sculpture, from its inception to its virtual end as it merged into the production of the Roman Imperial world. Volume III discusses sculptural works, both architectural and free-standing, from approximately 100 B.C. to the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.), which removed from power the last Hellenistic ruler. Although some monuments may belong to the years just before or just after this timespan, Ridgway's aim is to concentrate on works plausibly dated to the first century B.C., even those with highly controversial chronologies. Famous sculptures--the Laokoon, the epic groups from the Sperlonga cave, the Belvedere Torso, the bronze Boxer in the Terme Museum, and many others--are discussed together with less well known pieces. Ridgway gives special emphasis to the finds from two shipwrecks--the Mahdia and the Antikythera wrecks--that provide a reasonable terminus ante quem, and argues that many of the stylistic trends and decorative objects usually considered typically Roman instead have their roots in the Greek world. This last Hellenistic phase is perhaps the most interesting of the three because it documents, to a great extent, the transformation of the products of one culture into those of another with different interests and priorities. Far from being an unimaginative, inferior output driven by commercial considerations, the statuary of the first century B.C. is vibrant and inventive, drawing from many sources in a stylistic eclecticism.
Hellenistic Sculpture
Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299177102
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This is the final volume in Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway's series of books covering the entire range of Greek sculpture, from its inception to its virtual end as it merged into the production of the Roman Imperial world. Volume III discusses sculptural works, both architectural and free-standing, from approximately 100 B.C. to the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.), which removed from power the last Hellenistic ruler. Although some monuments may belong to the years just before or just after this timespan, Ridgway's aim is to concentrate on works plausibly dated to the first century B.C., even those with highly controversial chronologies. Famous sculptures--the Laokoon, the epic groups from the Sperlonga cave, the Belvedere Torso, the bronze Boxer in the Terme Museum, and many others--are discussed together with less well known pieces. Ridgway gives special emphasis to the finds from two shipwrecks--the Mahdia and the Antikythera wrecks--that provide a reasonable terminus ante quem, and argues that many of the stylistic trends and decorative objects usually considered typically Roman instead have their roots in the Greek world. This last Hellenistic phase is perhaps the most interesting of the three because it documents, to a great extent, the transformation of the products of one culture into those of another with different interests and priorities. Far from being an unimaginative, inferior output driven by commercial considerations, the statuary of the first century B.C. is vibrant and inventive, drawing from many sources in a stylistic eclecticism.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299177102
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This is the final volume in Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway's series of books covering the entire range of Greek sculpture, from its inception to its virtual end as it merged into the production of the Roman Imperial world. Volume III discusses sculptural works, both architectural and free-standing, from approximately 100 B.C. to the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.), which removed from power the last Hellenistic ruler. Although some monuments may belong to the years just before or just after this timespan, Ridgway's aim is to concentrate on works plausibly dated to the first century B.C., even those with highly controversial chronologies. Famous sculptures--the Laokoon, the epic groups from the Sperlonga cave, the Belvedere Torso, the bronze Boxer in the Terme Museum, and many others--are discussed together with less well known pieces. Ridgway gives special emphasis to the finds from two shipwrecks--the Mahdia and the Antikythera wrecks--that provide a reasonable terminus ante quem, and argues that many of the stylistic trends and decorative objects usually considered typically Roman instead have their roots in the Greek world. This last Hellenistic phase is perhaps the most interesting of the three because it documents, to a great extent, the transformation of the products of one culture into those of another with different interests and priorities. Far from being an unimaginative, inferior output driven by commercial considerations, the statuary of the first century B.C. is vibrant and inventive, drawing from many sources in a stylistic eclecticism.
The Styles of Ca. 331-200 B.C
Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780299118242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780299118242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Hellenistic Sculpture: The Styles of ca. 200-100 B.C
Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Hellenistic Sculpture
Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Hellenistic Sculpture II
Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Prayers in Stone
Author: Brunilde S. Ridgway
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520215566
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Classical Greek architectural sculpture has never before been fully studied as a single topic.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520215566
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Classical Greek architectural sculpture has never before been fully studied as a single topic.
The Styles of Ca. 331-200 B.C.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781853991110
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781853991110
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Hellenistic Sculpture: The styles of ca. 100-31 B.C
Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780299118204
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780299118204
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Hellenistic Sculpture
Author: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture, Hellenistic
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Power and Pathos
Author: Jens M. Deahner
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606064398
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
For the general public and specialists alike, the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC) and its diverse artistic legacy remain underexplored and not well understood. Yet it was a time when artists throughout the Mediterranean developed new forms, dynamic compositions, and graphic realism to meet new expressive goals, particularly in the realm of portraiture. Rare survivors from antiquity, large bronze statues are today often displayed in isolation, decontextualized as masterpieces of ancient art. Power and Pathos gathers together significant examples of bronze sculpture in order to highlight their varying styles, techniques, contexts, functions, and histories. As the first comprehensive volume on large-scale Hellenistic bronze statuary, this book includes groundbreaking archaeological, art-historical, and scientific essays offering new approaches to understanding ancient production and correctly identifying these remarkable pieces. Designed to become the standard reference for decades to come, the book emphasizes the unique role of bronze both as a medium of prestige and artistic innovation and as a material exceptionally suited for reproduction. Power and Pathos is published on the occasion of an exhibition on view at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence from March 14 to June 21, 2015; at the J. Paul Getty Museum from July 20 through November 1, 2015; and at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from December 6, 2015, through March 20, 2016.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606064398
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
For the general public and specialists alike, the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC) and its diverse artistic legacy remain underexplored and not well understood. Yet it was a time when artists throughout the Mediterranean developed new forms, dynamic compositions, and graphic realism to meet new expressive goals, particularly in the realm of portraiture. Rare survivors from antiquity, large bronze statues are today often displayed in isolation, decontextualized as masterpieces of ancient art. Power and Pathos gathers together significant examples of bronze sculpture in order to highlight their varying styles, techniques, contexts, functions, and histories. As the first comprehensive volume on large-scale Hellenistic bronze statuary, this book includes groundbreaking archaeological, art-historical, and scientific essays offering new approaches to understanding ancient production and correctly identifying these remarkable pieces. Designed to become the standard reference for decades to come, the book emphasizes the unique role of bronze both as a medium of prestige and artistic innovation and as a material exceptionally suited for reproduction. Power and Pathos is published on the occasion of an exhibition on view at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence from March 14 to June 21, 2015; at the J. Paul Getty Museum from July 20 through November 1, 2015; and at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from December 6, 2015, through March 20, 2016.