Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world / edited by Carlos A. Pic�on and Se�an Hemingway.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French, German, Greek, Modern (1453- ), Italian Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016Distributor: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016Copyright date: 2016Description: xxi, 346 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781588395870
  • 1588395871
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 156 .P4 P47 2016
Contents:
Introduction / Carlos A. Pic�on -- Art in the age of Alexander / Ariel Herrmann -- Symbols of power : Kings, hetairoi, and common people in the kingdom of Macedonia / Polyxeni Adam-Veleni -- The German excavations at Pergamon : A chronology / Ursula K�astner -- Pergamon and the Attalids / Volker K�astner -- Commemorations of victory : Attalid monuments to the defeat of the Galatians / Massimiliano Papini -- The Pergamon altar : Architecture, sculpture, and meaning / Andreas Scholl -- Earthy arts : Vases, terracottas, and small bronzes / Joan R. Mertens -- Trends in Hellenistic sculpture / Kiki Karoglou -- Hellenistic royal portraiture on coins / George Kakavas -- Royal patronage and the luxury arts / Christopher S. Lightfoot -- Seafaring, shipwrecks, and the art market in the Hellenistic age / Se�an Hemingway -- Greek art on Rome : A new center in the first century B.C. / Paul Zanker -- Catalogue.
Summary: The Hellenistic Age spanned the three momentous centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the crowning of Emperor Augustus and the establishment of the Roman Empire. This illustrated volume examines the rich diversity of art forms -- including sculpture in marble, bronze, and terracotta; gold jewelry; engraved gems; and coins -- throughout the Hellenistic kingdoms of ancient Greece, and especially in the great city of Pergamon (in present-day Turkey). Featuring more than 250 objects from major museums around the world, including the renowned collection from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, and essays by an international team of specialists, this book describes the historical context in which these works of art were created, and provides a new understanding of this period of artistic accomplishment.
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Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 18-July 17, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index.

Introduction / Carlos A. Pic�on -- Art in the age of Alexander / Ariel Herrmann -- Symbols of power : Kings, hetairoi, and common people in the kingdom of Macedonia / Polyxeni Adam-Veleni -- The German excavations at Pergamon : A chronology / Ursula K�astner -- Pergamon and the Attalids / Volker K�astner -- Commemorations of victory : Attalid monuments to the defeat of the Galatians / Massimiliano Papini -- The Pergamon altar : Architecture, sculpture, and meaning / Andreas Scholl -- Earthy arts : Vases, terracottas, and small bronzes / Joan R. Mertens -- Trends in Hellenistic sculpture / Kiki Karoglou -- Hellenistic royal portraiture on coins / George Kakavas -- Royal patronage and the luxury arts / Christopher S. Lightfoot -- Seafaring, shipwrecks, and the art market in the Hellenistic age / Se�an Hemingway -- Greek art on Rome : A new center in the first century B.C. / Paul Zanker -- Catalogue.

The Hellenistic Age spanned the three momentous centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the crowning of Emperor Augustus and the establishment of the Roman Empire. This illustrated volume examines the rich diversity of art forms -- including sculpture in marble, bronze, and terracotta; gold jewelry; engraved gems; and coins -- throughout the Hellenistic kingdoms of ancient Greece, and especially in the great city of Pergamon (in present-day Turkey). Featuring more than 250 objects from major museums around the world, including the renowned collection from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, and essays by an international team of specialists, this book describes the historical context in which these works of art were created, and provides a new understanding of this period of artistic accomplishment.

Includes translations from French, German, Greek and Italian.

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