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Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world

Title
Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world / edited by Carlos A. Picón and Seán Hemingway.
Publication
  • New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Supplementary Content
  • View the exhibition press release
  • View the exhibition overview
  • Article by Carolyn McDowall on the Culture Concept Circle

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Additional Authors
  • Picón, Carlos A.
  • Hemingway, Seán
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body.
Description
xxi, 346 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 29 cm
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 splendidly 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 sumptuous works of art were created, and provides a new understanding of this period of masterful artistic accomplishment."--Publisher's description.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 18-July 17, 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index.
Language (note)
  • Includes translations from French, German, Greek and Italian.
Contents
Alexander the Great and his world. 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 kingdom of Pergamon. The German excavations at Pergamon : a chronology / Ursula Kästner ; Pergamon and the Attalids / Volker Kästner ; Commemorations of victory : Attalid monuments to the defeat of the Galatians / Massimiliano Papini ; The Pergamon altar : architecture, sculpture, and meaning / Andreas Scholl -- Arts of the Hellenistic age. 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 -- The Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome. Seafaring, shipwrecks, and the art market in the Hellenistic age / Seán Hemingway ; Greek art on Rome : a new center in the first century B.C. / Paul Zanker -- Catalogue.
Call Number
JQF 16-800
ISBN
  • 1588395871
  • 9781588395870
OCLC
926820926
Title
Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world / edited by Carlos A. Picón and Seán Hemingway.
Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]
Distributor
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
Includes translations from French, German, Greek and Italian.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index.
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View the exhibition press release
View the exhibition overview
Article by Carolyn McDowall on the Culture Concept Circle
Added Author
Picón, Carlos A., editor.
Hemingway, Seán, editor.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body.
Research Call Number
JQF 16-800
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