Attalos, Athens, and the Akropolis : the Pergamene 'Little Barbarians' and their Roman and Renaissance legacy /
Andrew Stewart ; with an essay on the pedestals and the Akropolis South Wall by Manolis Korres.
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- xxv, 358 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-343) and indexes.
Little Barbarians: an encounter -- 1. Rediscover: scholars, sleuths, and stones -- 2. Appropriation: Gladiators for Christ -- 3. Reproduction: Vae Victis! -- 4. Genesis: Barbarians at the Gates -- Conclusion. "The truth of sculpture -- Essay. The pedestals and the Akropolis south wall, by Manolis Korres.
"This volume examines the "Little Barbarians," then highly expressive Roman marble figures of Giants, Amazons, Persians, and Gauls that were found in Rome in 1514 and are now recognized as copies of the Small (or Lesser) Attalid Dedication on the Athenian Akropolis. Manolis Korres's recent discovery of the monument's pedestals, fully published in this volume, has led Andrew Stewart to a complete reconsideration of the statues' form, date, and significance. He demonstrates that this is the only Hellenistic royal donation of sculpture whose donor, location, and form are all known; the only one whose life can be glimpsed from beginning to end, a period ranging over 2,200 years. Illustrated with new photographs of all ten Barbarians and twenty-six new drawings by Manolis Korres, the book systematically traces the Barbarians' impact upon Roman and Renaissance art, and the intellectual history of art and archaeology." -- Back cover.
0521831636 hardback
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