Sicily
Subtitle: art and invention between Greece and Rome
By: edited by Claire L. Lyons, Michael Bennett, Clemente Marconi with Alexandra Sofroniew
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781606061336
Subjects: Greek influences; Classical Arts; History; Civilization; Greeks
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Sicily: art & invention between Greece and Rome, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from April 3 to August 19, 2013; at the Cleveland Museum of Art from September 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014; and at Palazzo Ajutamicristo, Palermo, from February 14 to June 15, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History, cultural politics, and identity. History of Sicily, 480-211 B.C. / Carmine Ampolo ; Focus: the fallen heroes of Himera / Stefano Vassallo ; Focus: a unique coin of Aitna / François de Callataÿ ; Hellenistic kingship in Sicily: patronage and politics under Agathokles and Hieron II / Caroline Veit ; Ethnic identity in Sicily: Greeks and non-Greeks / Francesca Spatafora ; Focus: the gold phiale of Damarchos / Pier Giovanni Guzzo; title: Religion and mythology. The cult of Demeter and Kore between tradition and innovation / Caterina Greco ; Focus: the sanctuary at San Francesco Bisconti / Enrico Caruso ; Focus: the goddess from the Morgantina / Clemente Marconi ; Greek myth and religion in the Sicilian context / Monica de Cesare ; Focus: Herakles Cafeo / Nicola Bonacasa; title: Sikeliote culture in art and literature. Rivalry, competition, and promotion: cities and citizens of Sicily in the sanctuaries of Greece / Gianfranco Adornato ; Focus: the Mozia charioteer / Maria Luisa Famà ; Imaginary kings: visions of monarchy in Sicilian literature from Pindar to Theokritos / Kathryn Morgan ; Focus: Priapos / Malcolm Bell III ; Infinite variety: ancient Greek drama in Sicily / Kathryn Bosher ; Focus: Perseus and Andromeda in Agrigento / Fabio Caruso; title: Hellenism and its legacy. Science in Syracuse: Archimedes in place / Reviel Netz ; Focus: the Archimedes palimpsest / William Noel ; Focus: Archimedes' genius / Michael Bennett ; The Roman conquest of Sicily and its consequences / Gabriela Cirucci ; Focus: Morgantina's silver treasure / Malcolm Bell III; title: Sicilian art and archaeology in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Classical Greek architecture in Sicily / Margaret M. Miles ; Sculpture in Sicily from the age of the tyrants to the reign of Hieron II / Clemente Marconi ; Focus: the bronze ram of Castello Maniace / Agata Villa ; The art of coinage / Carmen Arnold-Biucchi ; Aglamata ek pelou: aspects of coroplastic art in Classical and Hellenistic Sicily / Maria Lucia Ferruzza ; Hellenistic tradition in the mural painting of ancient Sicily / Alessandra Merra ; Sicilian red-figure vase painting / Sebastiano Barresi.