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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together the work of leading scholars on two of the most important, yet puzzling, extant ensembles of Hellenistic Age sculpture: the Great Altar at Pergamon and the Cave at Sperlonga in Italy.
Trade Review"[The] contributors not only capture the extensive sweep and fascinating complexities of an international artistic style but also engage the reader in the accomplishment and sheer joy of collaborative discourse and scholarship." - Diana E. E. Kleiner, author of Roman Sculpture"
Table of ContentsIllustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction, by Nancy T. de Grummond and Brunilde S. Ridgway Culture as Policy: The Attalids of Pergamon, by Erich S. Gruen Pergamo ara marmorea magna: On the Date, Reconstruction, and Functions of the Great Altar of Pergamon, by Andrew Stewart Pergamon to Hierapolis: From Theatrical "Altar" to Religious Theater, by Mary C. Sturgeon The Sperlonga Sculptures: The Current State of Research, by Brunilde S. Ridgway The Phantom of a Rhodian School of Sculpture, by J. J. Pollitt Odysseus at Sperlonga: Hellenistic Hero of Roman Heroic Foil? by H. Anne Weis Pergamon and Sperlonga: A Historian's Reactions, by Peter Green Ubiquitous Barbarians: Representations of the Gauls at Pergamon and Elsewhere, by John R. Marszal Pergamene Influences on Etruscan Hellenistic Art, by Stephan Steingraber Guals and Giants, Skylla and the Palladion: Some Responses, by Nancy T. de Grummond Appendix: Literary Sources for Sperlonga Bibliography Contributors Index
