Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world
By: edited by Carlos A. Picón and Seán Hemingway
Contributors: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781588395870
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Hellenistic Art; Exhibitions
Description: "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.
Notes: 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 indexes.
Table of contents: title: Alexander the Great and his world.; title: Art in the age of Alexander  -- Ariel Herrmann ;; title: Symbols of power :; title: kings, hetairoi, and common people in the kingdom of Macedonia  -- Polyxeni Adam-Veleni -- The kingdom of Pergamon.; title: The German excavations at Pergamon :; title: a chronology  -- Ursula Kästner ;; title: Pergamon and the Attalids  -- Volker Kästner ;; title: Commemorations of victory :; title: Attalid monuments to the defeat of the Galatians  -- Massimiliano Papini ;; title: The Pergamon altar :; title: architecture, sculpture, and meaning  -- Andreas Scholl -- Arts of the Hellenistic age.; title: Earthy arts :; title: vases, terracottas, and small bronzes  -- Joan R. Mertens ;; title: Trends in Hellenistic sculpture  -- Kiki Karoglou ;; title: Hellenistic royal portraiture on coins  -- George Kakavas ;; title: Royal patronage and the luxury arts  -- Christopher S. Lightfoot -- The Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome.; title: Seafaring, shipwrecks, and the art market in the Hellenistic age  -- Seán Hemingway ;; title: Greek art on Rome :; title: a new center in the first century B.C. -- Paul Zanker-- Catalogue.