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SEAT of the WORLD of Beautiful and Gentle Tales Are Discovered and Followed Through Their Development The book is focused on the late production of the 4th c. BC Athenian sculptor Praxiteles and in particular 190 on his oeuvre from around 355 to around 340 BC. HE RT OF RAXITELES The most important works of this master considered in this essay are his sculptures for the Mausoleum of T A P IV Halicarnassus, the Apollo Sauroctonus, the Eros of Parium, the Artemis Brauronia, Peitho and Paregoros, his Aphrodite from Corinth, the group of Apollo and Poseidon, the Apollinean triad of Mantinea, the The Late Phase of his Activity Dionysus of Elis, the Hermes of Olympia and the Aphrodite Pseliumene. Complete lists of ancient copies and variations derived from the masterpieces studied here are also provided. The creation by the artist of an art of pleasure and his visual definition of a remote and mythical Arcadia SEAT OF THE WORLD of beautiful and gentle tales are discovered and followed through their development. ANTONIO CORSO Antonio Corso attended his curriculum of studies in classics and archaeology in Padua, Athens, Frank- The Palatine of Ancient Rome furt and London. He published more than 100 scientific essays (articles and books) in well refereed peri- ate Phase of his Activity Phase ate odicals and series of books. The most important areas covered by his studies are the ancient art criticism L and the knowledge of classical Greek artists. In particular he collected in three books all the written tes- The The timonia on Praxiteles and in other three books he reconstructed the career of this sculptor from around 375 to around 355 BC. He also delivered many lectures and papers in conferences in several academic institutions of Europe. He was awarded the honours of senior research fellow by the British Academy, the King’s College of London, IV ELES the Institute for Advanced Study of Budapest, the Onassis Foundation of Athens, etc. From 2011 he col- T XI laborates with the Centre of Vitruvian Studies. A OF PR OF T THE AR THE ORSO C IO N O ANT A. CORSO THE ART OF PRAXITELES IV ISBN 978-88-913-0291-5 «L’ERMA» «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 190 STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 190 1 - DE MARINIS, S. - La tipologia del banchetto nell’arte etrusca arcaica, 1961. 2 - BARONI, F. - Osservazioni sul «Trono di Boston», 1961. 3 - LAURENZI, L. - Umanità di Fidia, 1961. 4 - GIULIANO, A. - Il commercio dei sarcofagi attici, 1962. 5 - NOCENTINI, S. - Sculture greche, etrusche e romane nel Museo Bardini in Firenze, 1965. 6 - GIULIANO, A. - La cultura artistica delle province greche in età romana, 1965. 7 - FERRARI, G. - Il commercio dei sarcofagi asiatici, 1966. 8 - BREGLIA, L. - Le antiche rotte del Mediterraneo documentate da mo ne te e pesi, 1966. 9 - LATTANZI, E. - I ritratti dei «cosmeti» nel Museo Nazionale di Atene, 1968. 10 - SALETTI, C. - Ritratti severiani, 1967. 11 - BLANK, H. - Wiederverwendung alter Statuen als Ehrendenkmäler bei Griechen und Römern, 2a Ed. riv. ed. ill., 1969. 12 - CANCIANI, F. - Bronzi orientali ed orientalizzanti a Creta nell’VIII e VII sec. a.C., 1970. 13 - CONTI, G. - Decorazione architettonica della «Piazza d’oro» a Villa Adriana, 1970. 14 - SPRENGER, M. - Die Etruskische Plastik des V Jahrhunderts v. 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A. - Le terrecotte figurate di Cuma del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, 1987. continued to pag. 258 ANTONIO CORSO THE ART OF PRAXITELES IV THE LATE PHASE OF HIS ACTIVITY «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER ANTONIO CORSO THE Art OF PraXITELES IV The Late Phase of his Activity ISBN 978-88-913-0291-5 BROSSURA ISBN 978-88-913-0289-2 PDF © Copyright 2013 «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER Via Cassiodoro, 11 - 00193 Roma http://www.lerma.it Progetto grafico: «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER Tutti i diritti risevati. È vietata la riproduzione di testi e illustrazioni senza il permesso scritto dell’Editore. On Cover: Hermes of Praxiteles, painting by L. Otto, Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Skulpturensammlung Corso, Antonio The art of Praxiteles, IV : The Late Phase of his Activity / Antonio Corso. - Roma : «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER, 2013. - 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Studia archaeologica ; 190) CDD 733.3 1. Prassitele to Hector Catling, in memoriam ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Michael Marks Charitable Trust contributed a grant toward the completion of this book. Thanks are due to Lady Marina Marks, the head of the Trust, as well as to Prof. Angelos Delivorrias, the Director of the Benaki Museum, who accepted that this grant is channeled through his Museum. Moreover the Cleveland Museum of Art instituted another grant which allowed me to study in detail the bronze statue of Apollo Sauroctonus kept there. I am very thankful to Dr. Michael Bennett who gave me this essential opportunity. I gave lectures on issues debated in this book in June, 2010 on Paros, in the context of the congress on Skopas, and at Sankt Petersburg, in November, 2010 again on Paros in the premises of the Aegean Center, in October, 2011 and November, 2012 in the context of the Vitruvian conferences held in Fano and finally in December, 2012, at Thessaloniki, in the conference on Hellenistic pottery. I am thankful to Prof. Theodora Katsonopoulou, Prof. Nikolaj Kazansky, Prof. John Pack, Prof. Paolo Clini and Prof. Stella Drougou who gave me the opportunity to take part to these important events. I discussed many problems considered in this book with several scholars who are warmly thanked: G. Alevras, E. Angelicoussis, A. Anguissola, V. Barlou, B. Barr Sharrar, A. Bignasca, A. Bravi, J. Carlson, G. A. Cellini, J. Curbera, G. Despinis, R. Di Cesare, A. Doronzio, S. Dreni, L. Faedo, E. Ghisellini, P. Gros, F. Iatridou, L. Kelperi, M. Kluge, G. Ladstaetter, M. Lefantzis, O. Levinskaja, M. E. Micheli, V. Mitsopoulos Leon, P. Moreno, A. Moustaka, P. Mpoughia, A. Nagy, A. Oehnesorg, E. Oestby, M. Osanna, K. Peppas Delmouzou, M. G. Picozzi, F. Rausa, D. Schilardi, P. Schultz, K. Seaman, S. Settis, R. R. R. Smith, N. Spivey, N. Stampolidis, T. Stefanidou, A. Stewart, J. Stroszeck, A. Surtees, P. Themelis, M. Tiverios, I. Touratsoglou, I. Triandi, A. Trofimova, E. Vikela, H. Walda, E. Walter Karydi, J. Whitley and C. Wolf. ANTONIO CORSO Athens, 4 April, 2013 SUMMARY Seventh CHAPTER From around 355 to around 350 BC ......................................................................................................................................... p. 11 35. Praxiteles’ statues set up in the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus ...................................................................... » 11 36. The Apollo Sauroctonus ............................................................................................................................................. » 22 37. The Eros of Parium ........................................................................................................................................................ » 65 38. The statue of Artemis Brauronia
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