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The Art of Praxiteles V The book is focused on the last works of the most famous late 198 classical sculptor of Greece, the Athenian Praxiteles: his oeuvre THE ART OF from around 340 to his death in 326 BC is analytically considered. The most important works of this master considered in this essay are the Eubuleus, the Phryne of Delphi, the Leconfield Aphrodite PRAXITELES V and the Sleeping Eros. The last years The last works of Praxiteles are particularly important because they shed light to the crucial moment of the decline of the free city of the Sculptor state and of the rise of the Hellenistic model of monarchy. around With these creations our artist depicted a world of beautiful tales and of mundane beauty which will be extremely influential during 340 to 326 BC the golden period of the Roman classicism as well as during the post – ancient Renaissances. Antonio Corso attended his curriculum of studies in classics and archaeol- ogy in Padua, Athens, Frankfurt and London. He published 111 scientific es- ANTONIO CORSO says which include several tens of articles in peer reviewed periodicals and 10 books in prestigious series. The most important areas covered by his studies are the ancient art criticism and the knowledge of classical Greek artists. The last years of the Sculptor around 340 to 326 BC In particular he collected in three books the written testimonia on Praxiteles and in other four books he reconstructed the life and oeuvre of this sculptor. He also delivered many lectures and papers in conferences in several aca- demic institutions and was awarded senior fellowships and honours by top research foundations. Actually he is holder of a contract with the Centre of Vitruvian Studies. THE ART OF PRAXITELES V A. CORSO - ART OF PRAXITELES V ISBN 978-88-913-0655-5 Antonio Corso «L’ERMA» «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER Corso Praxiteles 5 STAMPA.indd 1 29/04/2014 12.09.30 STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 198 Antonio_Corso_5.indd 1 29/04/2014 11.40.09 STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 198 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. Chr. und ihr Verhältnis zur griechisch- en Kunst, 1972. 15 - POLASCHEK, K. - Studien zur Ikonographie der Antonia Minor, 1973. 16 - FABBRICOTTI, E. - Galba, 1976. 17 - POLASCHEK, K. - Porträttypen einer Claudischen Kaiserin, 1973. 18 - PENSA, M. - Rappresentazioni dell’oltretomba nella ceramica apula, 1977. 19 - COSTA, P. M. - The pre-Islamic Antiquities at the Yemen National Mu seum, 1978. 20 - PERRONE, M. - Ancorae Antiquae. Per una cronologia preliminare delle ancore del Mediterra- neo, 1979. 21 - MANSUELLI, G. A. (a cura di) - Studi sull’arco onorario romano, 1979. 22 - FAYER, C. - Aspetti di vita quotidiana nella Roma arcaica, 1982. 23 - OLBRICH, G. - Archaische Statuetten eines Metapontiner Heiligtums, 1979. 24 - PAPADOPOULOS, J. - Xoana e Sphyrelata. Testimonianze delle fonti scritte, 1980. 25 - VECCHI, M. - Torcello. Ricerche e Contributi, 1979. 26 - MANACORDA, D. - Un’officina lapidaria sulla via Appia, 1979. 27 - MANSUELLI, G. A. (a cura di) - Studi sulla città antica. 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Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, 1985. 42 - PICCARRETA, F. - Manuale di fotografia aerea: uso archeologico, 1987. 43 - LIVERANI, P. - Municipium Augustum Veiens. Veio in età imperiale at traverso gli scavi Giorgi (1811-13), 1987. 44 - STRAZZULLA, M. J. - Le terrecotte architettoniche della Venetia romana. Contributo allo studio della produzione fittile nella Ci salpina, 1987. 45 - FRANZONI, C. - Habitus atque habitudo militis. Monumenti funerari di militari nella Cisalpina ro- mana, 1987. 46 - SCARPELLINI, D. - Stele romane con imagines clipeatae in Italia, 1986. 47 - D’ALESSANDRO, L., PERSEGATI, F. - Scultura e calchi in gesso. Storia, tecnica e con servazione, 1987. 48 - MILANESE, M. - Gli scavi dell’oppidum preromano di Genova, 1987. 49 - SCATOZZA HÖRICHT, L. A. - Le terrecotte figurate di Cuma del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, 1987. continued to pag. 103 Antonio_Corso_5.indd 2 29/04/2014 11.40.09 ANTONIO CORSO THE ART OF PRAXITELES V The last years of the Sculptor (around 340 to 326 BC) «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER Antonio_Corso_5.indd 3 29/04/2014 11.40.10 ANTONIO CORSO THE ART OF PRAXITELES V The last years of the Sculptor (around 340 to 326 BC) © Copyright 2014 «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 Leconfield Head, marble, dated around 330 BC, Petworth House, UK Corso, Antonio The art of Praxiteles, V : The last years of the Sculptor (around 340 to 326 BC) / Antonio Corso. - Roma : «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER, 2014. - 108 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Studia archaeologica ; 198) ISBN 978-88-913-0655-5 (Paper) ISBN 978-88-913-0656-2 (PDF) CDD 21. 733.3 1. Prassitele 2. Scultura greca - Sec. IV a. C. Antonio_Corso_5.indd 4 29/04/2014 11.40.10 To Polyxeni Mpougia, Sit tibi terra levis Antonio_Corso_5.indd 5 29/04/2014 11.40.10 Antonio_Corso_5.indd 6 29/04/2014 11.40.10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I delivered a lecture on issues debated in this book on 21 June, 2013 in the Bibliotheca Classica of Sankt Petersburg. Moreover I gave a paper on 24 June, 2013 in the conference about antiquity held by the Academy of Sciences of Sankt Petersburg. Again I presented a lecture on 4. December, 2013 in the Freie Universitaet of Berlin, Forschungscolloquium zur Alten Geschichte as well as a paper on 7. December, 2013 in the conference Classica Mente held in Fano by the Centro Studi Vitruviani. Another my paper was delivered in absentia on 14. February, 2014 in the conference Drakmatic Art held in Chicago in the Hilton Hotel. A grant by the Samuel Kress foundation was awarded as a support for the preparation of this paper. Finally I delivered a lecture on 10. March, 2014 in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. I wish to thank Prof. N. N. Kazansky, Prof. A. Verlinsky, Dr. Anna Trofimova and Dr. Svetlana Kleiner for the dialogue I had with them in Sankt Petersburg. Equally I wish to thank Prof. K. Geus, dr. G. F. Chiai and dr. J. Curbera for the discussions I had in Berlin. Finally I wish to thank Profs. P. Clini, M. Luni P. Moreno and B. Zanardi, moreover dr. Luciano Filippo Bracci and dr. D. Zacchilli for the intellectually stimulating environment enjoyed in Fano. The community of Lugano (dr. A. Bignasca, E. Arslan, Mrs. Viviana Kolb, Mrs. V. Chiesa, etc.), where I spent some time in January, 2014, was also intellectually stimulating. Most of this book was written in Athens: I wish to thank dr. E. Angelicoussis, dr. V. Barlou, dr. B. Barr Sharrar, dr. J. Carl- son, dr. S. Dreni, Dr. M. Gkikaki, Mrs. F. Iatridou, Prof. D. Katsonopoulou, Prof. L. Kelperi, Mrs. M. Kluge, Dr. Ch. Kritsas, Prof. M. Lefantzis, dr. Marina Marks, Prof. V. Mitsopoulos Leon, Prof. A. Moustaka, Prof. A. Oehnesorg, Prof. E. Oestby, Prof. K. Peppas Delmouzou, Dr. Ai. Rhomiopoulou, Prof. A. Rhyzakis, Prof. D. Schilardi, Prof. P. Schultz, Prof. K. Seaman, Prof. T. Stefanidou, Prof. A. Stewart, Prof. J. Stroszeck, Prof. A. Surtees, Prof. P. Themelis, Prof. M. Tiverios, Prof. I. Tourat- soglou, Prof. I. Triandi, Prof. C. Vlassopoulou, Prof. E. Walter Karydi and dr. C. Wolf for their competent advises on issues debated in this book. Sometimes I worked in Rome especially in the German Institute of Rome: I wish to thank Profs. G. Calcani, G. A. Cellini, L. Faedo, E. Ghisellini, M. L. Micheli, M. G. Picozzi and S. Settis for their making the Roman community of ancient art historians one of the best in the world. During my frequent stay in my native town of Padua, I enjoyed the dialogue with Prof. L. Braccesi, dr. M. Gamba, dr. G. Gambacurta, Prof. A. M. Pontani, Prof. F. Raviola, Prof. V.
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