Ridgway examines the sculpture of "perhaps the most difficult century within the Hellenistic period." Beginning with a discussion of the difficulties involved in the analysis of Hellenistic sculpture and acknowledging the debates in the field, she states her own conviction that "much thought about ancient sculpture ought to be reconsidered or changed. . . . This book raises many questions, casts many doubts, and reopens many issues that have been considered closed."

Hellenistic Sculpture I: The Styles of Ca. 331-200 B.C. (HELLENISTIC SCULPTURES)

Arts & Photography

Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo

Sculpture

Univ of Wisconsin Pr

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

Hellenistic Sculpture I: The Styles of ca. 331-200 B.C. (Wisconsin Studies in Classics, Richard Daniel De Puma and Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, Series Editors)

History & Criticism

University of Wisconsin Press

The second century B.C. is one of the most prolific periods in the production of Greek and Hellenistic art, but it is a period extremely vexing to scholars. Very few of the works traditionally cited as examples of this century's art can be dated with certainty, and those that plausibly belong to it reflect no obvious general trends in function, iconography, or style. In Hellenistic Sculpture II: The Styles of ca. 200-100 B.C., the second of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway's three volumes on Hellenistic sculpture, she takes on the challenge of interpreting and dating the art of this complex and lively century.During this period, artistic production was stimulated by the encounter between Greece and Rome and fueled by the desire of the kings of Pergamon to emulate the past glories of fifth-century Athens. Statuary in relief and in the round, often at monumental scale, was created in a variety of styles. Ridgway attempts to determine what can be securely considered to have been produced during the second century B.C. In the course of her exploration, she critically scrutinizes most of the best-known pieces of Greek sculpture, ultimately revealing a tentative but plausible picture of the artistic trends of 200–100 B.C.

Hellenistic Sculpture II: The Styles of ca. 200–100 B.C. (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

This is the final volume in Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway's series of books covering the entire range of Greek sculpture, from its inception to its virtual end as it merged into the production of the Roman Imperial world. Volume III discusses sculptural works, both architectural and free-standing, from approximately 100 B.C. to the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.), which removed from power the last Hellenistic ruler. Although some monuments may belong to the years just before or just after this timespan, Ridgway's aim is to concentrate on works plausibly dated to the first century B.C., even those with highly controversial chronologies.Famous sculptures—the Laokoon, the epic groups from the Sperlonga cave, the Belvedere Torso, the bronze Boxer in the Terme Museum, and many others—are discussed together with less well known pieces. Ridgway gives special emphasis to the finds from two shipwrecks—the Mahdia and the Antikythera wrecks—that provide a reasonable terminus ante quem, and argues that many of the stylistic trends and decorative objects usually considered typically Roman instead have their roots in the Greek world. This last Hellenistic phase is perhaps the most interesting of the three because it documents, to a great extent, the transformation of the products of one culture into those of another with different interests and priorities. Far from being an unimaginative, inferior output driven by commercial considerations, the statuary of the first century B.C. is vibrant and inventive, drawing from many sources in a stylistic eclecticism.

Hellenistic Sculpture 3: The Styles of ca. 100-31 B. C (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

Roman Copies of Greek Sculpture: The Problem of the Originals (Jerome Lectures)

Univ of Michigan Pr

The description for this book, Severe Styles in Greek Sculpture, will be forthcoming.

Severe Styles in Greek Sculpture

Reference

Princeton University Press

Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture by Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway (1978-01-21)

The description for this book, Fifth-Century Styles in Greek Sculpture, will be forthcoming.

Fifth-Century Styles in Greek Sculpture

The description for this book, Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture, will be forthcoming.

Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture

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Hellenistic Sculpture I: The Styles of Ca. 331-200 B.C. (HELLENISTIC SCULPTURES)

Hellenistic Sculpture I: The Styles of ca. 331-200 B.C. (Wisconsin Studies in Classics, Richard Daniel De Puma and Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, Series Editors)

Hellenistic Sculpture II: The Styles of ca. 200–100 B.C. (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

Hellenistic Sculpture II: The Styles of ca. 200–100 B.C. (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

Hellenistic Sculpture 3: The Styles of ca. 100-31 B. C (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

Roman Copies of Greek Sculpture: The Problem of the Originals (Jerome Lectures)

Severe Styles in Greek Sculpture

Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture by Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway (1978-01-21)

Fifth-Century Styles in Greek Sculpture

Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture