Description
Book SynopsisOver the last fifty years Professor Cornelius Vermeule, formerly curator of Classical Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, has consolidated his reputation as one of the foremost American authorities on Graeco-Roman art. His published work has covered the entire period from Mycenean to Byzantine art, and his papers have included studies of metalwork, sculpture, numismatics and the history of collecting. His studies have been particularly concerned however with Greek and Roman sculpture, especially that of the Roman Empire.
These four volumes are designed to make available the most important of Professor Vermeule's contributions to periodicals. Volume I covers studies published between 1953 and 1964, and volume II continues the selection up to 1973. Volume III contains studies published between 1974 and 1984, and volume IV brings the selection up to 1995. Each volume has a new preface by Professor Vermeule and a comprehensive index.
Table of ContentsPreface
Perceptions of the Trojan Wars in the Fenway: the Creeping Odysseus
From the Pelopennesus to Pergamon and Beyond: The Weary Herakles of Lysippos
Nero, Otho and the Golden House
Roman Ostia. Sarcophagus
Figural Pillars: From Asia Minor to Corinth to Rome
Graeco-Roman Asia Minor to Renaissance Italy
Greek Sculpture in Miniature from Roman Patrons
Medallic and Marble Memorials: Mint to Mausoleum in Victorian America
The End of Ancient Art in Egypt: Connections with the Holy Land
The God Apollo, A Ceremonial Table with Griffins, and a Votive Basin
Archaic Art, General Outline and Considerations, Historical, Geographic, and Aesthetic
The Theodore Roosevelt Era: The Gold Coins and Major Sculptures of Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Athena of the Parthenon by Pheidias: A Graeco-Roman Replica of the Roman Imperial Period
Small Statues in the Greek World
The Crusader (Lusignan) Kingdom of Cyprus: Echoes in the Fenway
Roman Portraits in Egyptian Colored Stones
Hermes, Protector of Shepherds at Salamis and Kourion
From Tarentum to Troy and on to Tunisia: Homeric Survivals in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
Protesilaos: First to Fall at Troy and Hero in Northern Greece and Beyond
The Rise of the Severan
Dynasty in the East: Young Caracalla, about the Year 205, as Helios-Sol
Matidia the Elder, a Pivotal Woman at the Height of Roman Imperial Power
Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture and American Taste: The Mirror of Mount Auburn
Neon Ilion and Ilium Novum: Kings, Soldiers, Citizens and Tourists at Classical Troy
Greek and Roman Portraits and Near-Portraits in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Heavenly Twins: Castor and Pollux, Marching toward the Middle Ages
A Portrait of Germanicus Caesar
Index
