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19. Greek Sculptors in Rome: An Art for the Romans

  • Eugenio La Rocca
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Volume 1 Handbook of Greek Sculpture
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Abstract

In the second century B.C. the victorious generals of the Roman Republic invited sculptors from Greece to create cult statues for the temples they dedicated in Rome; these were often acrolithic and made in a traditional, classicizing style. In addition, Greek sculptors active in Rome, Delos and Athens in the first century B.C. produced copies of works of the great masters and new creations in an eclectic style for the decoration of the villas of the Roman elite.

Abstract

In the second century B.C. the victorious generals of the Roman Republic invited sculptors from Greece to create cult statues for the temples they dedicated in Rome; these were often acrolithic and made in a traditional, classicizing style. In addition, Greek sculptors active in Rome, Delos and Athens in the first century B.C. produced copies of works of the great masters and new creations in an eclectic style for the decoration of the villas of the Roman elite.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents VII
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. Part I: Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia
  6. 2. Greek Sculpture in the Roman Empire: The Literary Sources 7
  7. 3. Sculptors’ Signatures 22
  8. 4. Patronage, Compensation, and the Social Status of Sculptors 50
  9. Part II: Function
  10. 5. Architectural Sculpture 91
  11. 6. Funerary Sculpture: Women on Attic Grave Reliefs 123
  12. Part III: Portraiture
  13. 7. Honorific Portraiture 163
  14. 8. The Portraits of the Ptolemies 194
  15. 9. The Portraits of Herodes Atticus and His Circle 225
  16. Part IV: Styles
  17. 10. The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture 261
  18. 11. The Invention of the Classical Style in Sculpture 296
  19. 12. The Gold and Ivory Cult Statues of Pheidias in Athens and Olympia 328
  20. 13. The Great Masters of the Fourth Century 360
  21. 14. The Hellenistic Styles in Greek Sculpture 395
  22. Part V: Regional Sculptures
  23. 15. Prolegomena to the Study of Sculpture in Sicily in the Archaic and Classical Periods 429
  24. 16. The Sculpture of Melos 473
  25. 17. The Sculpture of Macedonia 503
  26. 18. The Sculpture of Messene 536
  27. Part VI: Greek Sculpture under the Romans
  28. 19. Greek Sculptors in Rome: An Art for the Romans 579
  29. 20. Copies of Greek Statuary from Greece in the Roman Imperial Period 620
  30. Part VII: Techniques
  31. 21. Piecing, Attachments, Repairs 657
  32. 22. Polychromy in Greek Sculpture 690
  33. Part VIII: Afterlife
  34. 23. The Legacy of Greek Sculpture 727
  35. Contributors 768
  36. Index of Museums 770
  37. Index of Artists 787
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513537-019

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents VII
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. Part I: Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia
  6. 2. Greek Sculpture in the Roman Empire: The Literary Sources 7
  7. 3. Sculptors’ Signatures 22
  8. 4. Patronage, Compensation, and the Social Status of Sculptors 50
  9. Part II: Function
  10. 5. Architectural Sculpture 91
  11. 6. Funerary Sculpture: Women on Attic Grave Reliefs 123
  12. Part III: Portraiture
  13. 7. Honorific Portraiture 163
  14. 8. The Portraits of the Ptolemies 194
  15. 9. The Portraits of Herodes Atticus and His Circle 225
  16. Part IV: Styles
  17. 10. The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture 261
  18. 11. The Invention of the Classical Style in Sculpture 296
  19. 12. The Gold and Ivory Cult Statues of Pheidias in Athens and Olympia 328
  20. 13. The Great Masters of the Fourth Century 360
  21. 14. The Hellenistic Styles in Greek Sculpture 395
  22. Part V: Regional Sculptures
  23. 15. Prolegomena to the Study of Sculpture in Sicily in the Archaic and Classical Periods 429
  24. 16. The Sculpture of Melos 473
  25. 17. The Sculpture of Macedonia 503
  26. 18. The Sculpture of Messene 536
  27. Part VI: Greek Sculpture under the Romans
  28. 19. Greek Sculptors in Rome: An Art for the Romans 579
  29. 20. Copies of Greek Statuary from Greece in the Roman Imperial Period 620
  30. Part VII: Techniques
  31. 21. Piecing, Attachments, Repairs 657
  32. 22. Polychromy in Greek Sculpture 690
  33. Part VIII: Afterlife
  34. 23. The Legacy of Greek Sculpture 727
  35. Contributors 768
  36. Index of Museums 770
  37. Index of Artists 787
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