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Title Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world / edited by Carlos A. Picón and Seán Hemingway.

Publication Info. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  Oversize 939.21 P439P    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 346 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Note Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 18-July 17, 2016.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index.
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.
Contents I. 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 -- II. 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 -- III. 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 -- IV. 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.
Language Includes translations from French, German, Greek and Italian.
Subject Art, Hellenistic -- Turkey -- Pergamum (Extinct city) -- Exhibitions.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkey -- Pergamum (Extinct city) -- Exhibitions.
Pergamum (Extinct city) -- Exhibitions.
Art, Hellenistic. (OCoLC)fst00816366
Excavations (Archaeology) (OCoLC)fst00917564
Turkey -- Pergamum (Extinct city) (OCoLC)fst01881786
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
Added Author Picón, Carlos A., editor.
Hemingway, Seán, editor.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body.
ISBN 1588395871 (hardcover)
9781588395870 (hardcover)
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