Hellenistic Sculpture I : The Styles of ca. 331-200 B.C.

by Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo

• ISBN13: 9780299118242
• ISBN10: 029911824X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

Now available in paperback, this rigorous and challenging book questions the Hellenistic dating of many famous monuments, based on careful examination of evidence. "Fluently written, clearly organized, and thoroughly and impeccably documented. Anyone who has a serious interest in Hellenistic art will want to read it and refer to it."-Jerome J. Pollitt, Yale University

Table of Contents

Plates	vii
Illustrations	xv
Abbreviations	xvii
Preface	xxi
Definitions and Problems	3	(10)
The Late Fourth Century---Originals: Architectural, Funerary, in the Round	13	(59)
The Late Fourth Century---Copies	72	(36)
Portraiture---Alexander and the Diadochoi	108	(41)
The Third Century---Architectural Sculpture: Religious, Civic, and Funerary Buildings	149	(60)
The Third Century---Dated Sculpture in the Round: Originals and Copies	209	(37)
The Muses and Related Figures	246	(29)
The Gauls and Related Groups	275	(38)
Genre Figures	313	(36)
The Wider Picture---Conclusions	349	(34)
List of Monuments	383	(2)
Sources of Plates and Illustrations	385	(4)
Selective Index	389