Title & Author:

From Pergamon to Sperlonga : sculpture and context / edited by Nancy T. de Grummond and Brunilde S. Ridgway.

Publication:

Description:

xxiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Hellenistic culture and society ; 34

Notes:
Articles based on papers presented on Feb. 21-22, 1997, at the Fourth Annual Langford Conference of the Department of Classics at the Florida State University.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and index.
Culture as policy: the Attalids of Pergamon / Erich S. Gruen -- Pergamo ara marmorea magna: on the date, reconstruction and functions of the great altar of Pergamon / Andrew Stewart -- Pergamon to Hierapolis: from theatrical "altar" to religious theater / Mary C. Sturgeon -- The Sperlonga sculptures: the current state of research / Brunilde S. Ridgway -- The phantom of Rhodian school of sculpture / J.J. Pollitt -- Odysseus at Sperlonga: Hellenistic hero or Roman heroic foil? / H. Anne Weis -- Pergamon and Sperlonga: a historian's reactions / Peter Green -- Ubiquitous barbarians: representations of the Gauls at Pergamon and elsewhere / John R. Marszal -- Pergamene influences on Etruscan Hellenistic art / Stephan Steingräber -- Gauls and giants, Skylla and the Palladion: some responses / Nancy T. de Grummond.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

"This volume brings together the work of leading scholars on two of the most important yet puzzling extant ensembles of Hellenistic Age sculpture: the Great Altar at Pergamon, with its Gigantomachy and scenes from the life of Telephos, and the Cave at Sperlonga in Italy, with its epic themes connected especially with the adventures of Odysseus. From Pergamon to Sperlonga has three aims: to update the scholarship on two important monuments of ancient art and architecture; to debate questions of iconography, authorship, and date; and to broaden the scope of discussion on these monuments beyond the boundaries of studies done in the past. In addition, it brings forward new ideas about how these two monuments are connected and discusses possible means by which stylistic influences were transmitted between them." "The essays explore the historical and iconographic influences that produced some of the motifs and styles evident at both sites. They discuss Pergamene politics and victory dedications, suggest non-Greek antecedents and Roman developments of the Altar's scenography, and bring to bear Etruscan and Roman evidence on an analysis of the Sperlonga groups. The contributors explore and critique currently held opinions concerning these monuments and reach some novel conclusions that will demand that we take a fresh look at these famous works of art." "Together, this collection of essays is unique in that it treats difficult issues in Hellenistic, Etruscan, and Roman art and culture together in one volume, providing a stimulating and controversial look back to the Hellenistic Age."--Jacket.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0520223276 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520223271 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Pergamum Altar of Zeus (Sculpture)
Sculpture, Hellenistic Turkey Bergama.
Sculpture, Roman Italy Sperlonga.
Pergamum Altar of Zeus (Sculpture) Expertising.
Autel de Zeus à Pergame Expertise.
Sculpture hellénistique Turquie Bergama.
Sculpture romaine Italie Sperlonga.
Autel de Zeus à Pergame.
21.52 history of sculpture.
Art Expertising
Sculpture, Hellenistic
Sculpture, Roman
Plastische kunst.
Klassieke oudheid.
Invloed.
Grotto of Tiberius (Sperlonga, Italy)
Grotto of Tiberius (Sperlonga, Italy) Expertising.
Tibère, Grotte de (Sperlonga, Italie) Expertise.
Tibère, Grotte de (Sperlonga, Italie)
Italy Sperlonga
Italy Sperlonga Grotto of Tiberius
Turkey Bergama
Langford
Pergamon
Sperlonga
sculpture
classics

Form/genre:

Conference papers (document genres)
Congresses (form)

Added entries:

De Grummond, Nancy Thomson.
Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo, 1929-
Langford Conference of the Department of Classics (4th : 1997 : Florida State University)
Hellenistic culture and society ; 34.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221059
Call No.: NB91.P4 F76 2000
Status: Available