Pseudoantike Skulptur
Pseudoantike Skulptur I is based on a colloquium presented in October 2014 by the Collaborative Research Center 644 at Humboldt University. The colloquium was an opportunity to compile and test the reliability of criteria to distinguish between ancient and pseudo-ancient sculptures and fragments. Examples under scrutiny included portraits, ideal sculptures, and reliefs.
One of the Leitmotifs of Classical sculpture is its orientation to works from earlier periods. When dealing with idealistic sculptures from the Roman imperial period, often the question arises whether their creators were copying a famous earlier work or creating a classical original. Research has repeatedly tried to answer this question by referring to sculptures not dating to antiquity.
