The Archaistic Style in Roman StatuaryThis book deals with the use of archaistic stylistic elements (i.e., those which revive or imitate features of Greek Archaic art) in free standing statuary dating from the second century B.C. to the third century A.C. The main objective of the study is to determine how the archaistic style was used, what prototypes were imitated, what subjects were represented, how the replicas of statue types were distributed, how these statues were displayed, and what prompted such stylistic anachronism. The introductory chapter deals with general problems of archaism in ancient art and the specific questions pertaining to statuary in the round. The body of material, nearly three hundred pieces in all, is organized by type on the basis of pose and garment arrangement. In a concluding chapter, evidence from the body of the study is collected and possible answers are suggested for the questions outlined above. This study contributes to the currently widespread scholarly interest in stylistic revivals (especially classicism and archaism) which occurred not only in Roman times, but in earlier and later periods as well. |
Contents
Archaistic Statuary and the Archaistic Style | 1 |
Artemis Diana | 13 |
Artemis of Pompeii Type | 22 |
Diana of Trastevere | 29 |
Athena Minerva | 45 |
Tyche Fortuna | 85 |
Spes | 103 |
Dionysiac Figures | 127 |
Apollo Citharoedus and Hermes Kriophoros | 163 |
ParaleipomenaAnonymous and Narrative | 171 |
Conclusions | 190 |
Iconography and Motives for Archaizing | 198 |
The Appeal of Formalism and Roman Taste | 204 |
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advanced and wears Akropolis Antikensammlung Apollo Archaic archaistic figures Archaistic kore archaistic statues archaistic style Artemis Artemis-Hekate Athena Augustan British Museum bronze Bulle Carrara Marble central pleat century B.C. chaistic chiton coins Copenhagen Corinth creation Diana Diana Nemorensis Dionysos Draped female Dresden Eleusis fifth century figure stands fourth century Fullerton 1987 garment Glyptothek Harrison head Heidenreich 1935 Hekate Herculaneum Herdejürgen 1968 Hermes himation korai Kore left arm left leg left shoulder leg advanced leg slightly advanced LIMC Lippold long diagonal himation long diagonal mantle maenad Marble PH Munich nebris neo-Attic original overfold Palladion Panathenaic amphorae Paribeni pattern Pausanias peplos piece Pompeii Pompeii Artemis pose preserved promachos prototype rendering replicas Rhodian Ridgway right arm right leg right shoulder Roman archaistic Rome sculpture second century shoulder locks similar Spes Staatliche Antikensammlung statue type statuette stylistic supra Tyche Vatican Vatican Museums wearing chiton Willers wrapped mantle zig-zag