History Of Restoration Of Ancient Stone Sculptures

Author : Janet Burnett Grossman,Jerry Podany,Marion True
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892367238

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History of Restoration of Ancient Stone Sculptures by Janet Burnett Grossman,Jerry Podany,Marion True Pdf

The nineteen papers in this volume stem from a symposium that brought together academics, archaeologists, museum curators, conservators, and a practicing marble sculptor to discuss varying approaches to restoration of ancient stone sculpture. Contributors and their subjects include Marion True and Jerry Podany on changing approaches to conservation; Seymour Howard on restoration and the antique model; Nancy H. Ramage’s case study on the relationship between a restorer, Vincenzo Pacetti, and his patron, Luciano Bonaparte; Mette Moltesen on de-restoring and re-restoring in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek; Miranda Marvin on the Ludovisi collection; and Andreas Scholl on the history of restoration of ancient sculptures in the Altes Museum in Berlin. The book also features contributions by Elizabeth Bartman, Brigitte Bourgeois, Jane Fejfer, Angela Gallottini, Sascha Kansteiner, Giovanna Martellotti, Orietta Rossi Pinelli, Peter Rockwell, Edmund Southworth, Samantha Sportun, and Markus Trunk. Charles Rhyne summarizes the themes, approaches, issues, and questions raised by the symposium.

Author : Susan L. Green
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781003850830

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An Introduction to the Making of Western Art by Susan L. Green Pdf

This book is the first introduction to Western art that not only considers how choice of materials can impact form, but also how objects in different media can alter in appearance over time, and the role of conservators in the preservation of our cultural heritage. The first four chapters cover wall and easel paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints, from the late Middle Ages to the present day. They examine, with numerous examples, how these works have been produced, how they might have been transformed, and how efforts regarding their preservation can sometimes be misleading or result in controversy. The final two chapters look at how photography, new techniques, and modern materials prompted innovative ways of creating art in the twentieth century, and how the rapid expansion of technology in the twenty-first century has led to a revolution in how artworks are constructed and seen, generating specific challenges for collectors, curators, and conservators alike. This book is primarily directed at undergraduates interested in art history, museum studies, and conservation, but will also be of interest to a more general non-specialist audience.

Author : Elise A Friedland,Melanie Grunow Sobocinski,Elaine Gazda
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190266875

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The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture by Elise A Friedland,Melanie Grunow Sobocinski,Elaine Gazda Pdf

The study of Roman sculpture has been an essential part of the disciplines of Art History and Classics since the eighteenth century. Famous works like the Laoco?n, the Arch of Titus, and the colossal portrait of Constantine are familiar to millions. Again and again, scholars have returned to sculpture to answer questions about Roman art, society, and history. Indeed, the field of Roman sculptural studies encompasses not only the full chronological range of the Roman world but also its expansive geography, and a variety of artistic media, formats, sizes, and functions. Exciting new theories, methods, and approaches have transformed the specialized literature on the subject in recent decades. Rather than creating another chronological catalogue of representative examples from various periods, genres, and settings, The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture synthesizes current best practices for studying this central medium of Roman art, situating it within the larger fields of Art History, Classical Archaeology, and Roman Studies. This comprehensive volume fills the gap between introductory textbooks and highly focused professional literature. The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture conveniently presents new technical, scientific, literary, and theoretical approaches to the study of Roman sculpture in one reference volume while simultaneously complementing textbooks and other publications that present well-known works in the corpus. The contributors to this volume address metropolitan and provincial material from the early republican period through late antiquity in an engaging and fresh style. Authoritative, innovative, and up-to-date, The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture will remain an invaluable resource for years to come.

Author : Katerina Velentza
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803273310

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The Maritime Transport of Sculptures in the Ancient Mediterranean by Katerina Velentza Pdf

With a focus on the underwater context of sculptures retrieved from beneath the sea, this volume examines where, when, why and how sculptures were transported on the Mediterranean Sea during Classical Antiquity through the lenses of both maritime and classical archaeology.

Author : Antonio Guzmán,Javier Martínez
Publisher : Barkhuis
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789492444844

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Animo Decipiendi? by Antonio Guzmán,Javier Martínez Pdf

Many new and fruitful avenues of investigation open up when scholars consider forgery as a creative act rather than a crime. We invited authors to contribute work without imposing any restrictions beyond a willingness to consider new approaches to the subject of ancient fakes, forgeries and questions of authenticity. The result is this volume, in which our aim is to display some of the many possibilities available to scholarship. Following Splendide Mendax, this is the latest installment of an ongoing inquiry, conducted by scholars in numerous countries, into how the ancient world-its literature and culture, its history and art-appears when viewed through the lens of fakes and forgeries, sincerities and authenticities, genuine signatures and pseudepigrapha.

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3369 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Civilization, Classical
ISBN : 9780195170726

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The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome. - Vol. 1 - 7 by Michael Gagarin Pdf

Author : Karen Sonik
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781949057119

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Art/ifacts and ArtWorks in the Ancient World by Karen Sonik Pdf

This volume is dedicated to Dr. Holly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania and curator of the Near Eastern Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). It was conceived to honor her extraordinary contributions to the field of Near Eastern studies as archaeologist, art historian, mentor, professor, and friend--Foreword.

Author : Melinda K. Hartwig
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118325094

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A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art by Melinda K. Hartwig Pdf

A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. • Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences • Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art • Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works • Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, • Provides a comprehensive synthesis on a discipline that has diversified to the extent that it now incorporates subjects ranging from gender theory to ‘X-ray fluorescence’ and ‘image-based interpretations systems’

Author : Jane Fejfer,Kristine Bøggild Johannsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000555073

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Sculpture Workshops as Space and Concept by Jane Fejfer,Kristine Bøggild Johannsen Pdf

This book explores the multifaceted aspects of sculptor’s workshops from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century. Contributors take a fresh look at the sculptor’s workshop as both a physical and discursive space. By studying some of the most prominent artists’ sculptural practices, the workshop appears as a multifaced, sociable and practical space. The book creates a narrative in which the sculptural workshop appears as a working laboratory where new measuring techniques, new materials and new instruments were tested and became part of the lived experience of the artist and central to the works coming into being. Artists covered include Donatello, Roubilliac, Thorvaldsen, Canova, and Christian Daniel Rauch. The book will be of interest to scholars studying art history, sculpture, artist workshops, and European studies.

Author : Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226745046

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Modern Art and the Remaking of Human Disposition by Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen Pdf

Figures of Thought: Poseuses and the Controversy of the Grande Jatte -- Beethoven's Farewell: The Creative Genius "in the Claws of the Secession" -- The Mise-en-scène of Dreams: L'Après-midi d'un faune.

Author : Viccy Coltman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199551262

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Classical Sculpture and the Culture of Collecting in Britain Since 1760 by Viccy Coltman Pdf

This is an illustrated study of the reception of classical sculptures in the early modern period. Viccy Coltman contrasts the culture of British 18th century collecting, which integrated sculpture into the domestic interior, with the focus upon individual specimens by archaeologists like Adolf Michaelis a century later.

Author : Séan Hemingway
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Gosford Wellhead: An Ancient Roman Masterpiece by Séan Hemingway Pdf

The Gosford Wellhead is one of the most remarkable works of Roman sculpture to enter The Met collection in decades. This Bulletin traces the marble wellhead’s surprising journey to New York, beginning with its discovery in Ostia, Rome’s ancient port, in 1797, and including a long residence in Gosford House, one of Scotland’s most majestic private homes. The authors closely examine the marble wellhead’s superbly carved imagery of two Greek myths related to water: Narcissus and Echo and Hylas and the Nymphs. Uncovering impressive early restorations and featuring a modern technical analysis, this Bulletin provides a focused study of a singular masterpiece whose cultural history weaves from ancient Rome to the present day.

Author : Emma M. Payne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350120358

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Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age by Emma M. Payne Pdf

Through the 19th century, as archaeology started to emerge as a systematic discipline, plaster casting became a widely-adopted technique, newly applied by archaeologists to document and transmit discoveries from their expeditions. The Parthenon sculptures were some of the first to be cast. In the late 18th century and the first years of the 19th century, the French artist Fauvel and Lord Elgin's men conducted campaigns on the Athenian Acropolis. Both created casts of parts of the Parthenon sculptures that they did not remove and these were sent back to France and Britain where they were esteemed and displayed alongside other, original sections. Henceforth, casting was established as an essential archaeological tool and grew exponentially over the course of the century. Such casts are now not only fascinating historical objects but may also be considered time capsules, capturing the details of important ancient works when they were first moulded in centuries past. This book examines the role of 19th century casts as an archaeological resource and explores how their materiality and spread impacted the reception of the Parthenon sculptures and other Greek and Roman works. Investigation of their historical context is combined with analysis of new digital models of the Parthenon sculptures and their casts. Sensitive 3D imaging techniques allow investigation of the surface markings of the objects in exceptionally fine detail and enable quantitative comparative studies comparing the originals and the casts. The 19th century casts are found to be even more accurate, but also complex, than anticipated; through careful study of their multiple layers, we can retrieve surface information now lost from the originals through weathering and vandalism.

Author : Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Sculpture
ISBN : UCAL:B4380877

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A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell Pdf

Author : Anna Anguissola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108418430

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Supports in Roman Marble Sculpture by Anna Anguissola Pdf

The first study of a crucial aspect of Roman stone sculpture, exploring the functions and aesthetics of non-figural supports.