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Olympian Gods : from the Dresden sculpture collection
- Title
- Olympian Gods : from the Dresden sculpture collection / exhibition and catalog: Kordelia Knoll and Saskia Wetzig with Michael Philipp ; with contributions by Björn Christian Ewald, Kordelia Knoll, Saskia Wetzig.
- Publication
- Muunich : Prestel, 2018.
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- Description
- 94 pages : colour illustrations; 31 cm.
- Summary
- Featuring ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, this book explores the history and legacy of ancient statues of Olympian gods. For people in ancient Greece, ornately and imposingly fashioned statues depicting the gods symbolized power or ideal beauty. During the Roman Empire, when sculptors copied Greek models, the sculptures conveyed an aura of education and scholarship. This volume showcases antique sculptures that represent the most important Greek Olympian gods. Culled from the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, one of the most important collections of antiquities, this book features objects ranging from the 6th century B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E. The sculptures express the Greek ideal of beauty and the remarkable creative powers of these artists as well as the evolving ways gods were portrayed - from solemn and religiously formal to natural and graceful figures. Exhibition: Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany (17.11.2018 - 17.2.2019).
- Series Statement
- Barberini Studien ; 2
- Uniform Title
- Barberini Studien ; 2.
- Subjects
- Sculpture, Greek
- Sculpture, Roman
- Gods in art
- Sculpture, Greek > Germany > Potsdam > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- Gods in art > Exhibitions
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- Classical antiquities > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogues
- Sculpture, Roman > Germany > Potsdam > Exhibitions
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Exhibitions
- Greece > Antiquities > Germany > Potsdam > Exhibitions
- Germany > Potsdam
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogues.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- Published to accompany an exhibition held at Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany, 17th November 2018-17th February 2019.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: pages 90-93.
- ISBN
- 9783791358284
- 3791358286
- OCLC
- on1079880462
- 1079880462
- SCSB-9261711
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries