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The Art of Praxiteles This book is focused on the advanced maturity of the famous Athenian sculptor Praxiteles, who 000 flourished in the 4th c. BC. The following works of the artist are considered: the Triad of Leto, Apollo Antonio Corso and Artemis at Megara; the statue of Leto protecting Meliboea, a young daughter of Niobe, at Ar- gos; the group of Drunkenness with the Resting Satyr; the group of Niobe with the dying Niobids; the statues of Success and of Good Fortune; the Personification of late Summer; the statue of Eros at Messana in Sicily as well as a statue set up on Delos. THE ART OF PRAXITELES III For the first time complete genealogical trees of all surviving copies and variations derived from THE ADVANCED MATURITY these masterpieces are provided. The art of Praxiteles is understood in the context of the history of the time and is linked to developments in the realm of other visual arts as well as of philosophy and OF THE SCULPTOR of literature. Thus this study leads to a new and original interpretation of the greatest late classical Greek sculptor. THE ADVANCED MATURITY MATURITY THE ADVANCED THE SCULPTOR OF Antonio Corso was born near Padua, studied at Padua, Athens, Frankfurt and London and published more than 100 scientific works. His publications include an essay on Pericles’ architecture (Venice 1986), lar- ge sections of the Italian editions of Pliny the Elder (Turin 1988) and of Vitruvius (Turin 1997), a catalogue of ancient and medieval testimonia on Praxiteles in 3 volumes (Rome 1988, 1990 and 1992) and the first two volumes of his reconstruction of the art and career of Praxiteles (Rome 2004 and 2007). He delivered several dozens of lectures and papers in academic institutions and congresses held in many European countries and is Assistant Editor of the Swiss periodical ‘Numismatica e Antichita’ Classiche. Quaderni Ticinesi”. THE ART OF PRAXITELES III THE ARTIII OF PRAXITELES A.CORSO - PRAXITELES III ISBN 978-88-8265-000-0 Antonio Corso Antonio «L’ERMA» «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER Corso Copertina 1.indd 1 10/06/2010 13.25.13 STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 177 STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 177 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 griechischen 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 Mediterraneo, 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. Emilia Romagna, 1983. 28 - ROWLAND, J. J. - Ritrovamenti romani in Sardegna, 1981. 29 - ROMEO, P. - Riunificazione del centro di Roma antica, 1979. 30 - ROMEO, P. - Salvaguardia delle zone archeologiche e problemi viari nelle città, 1979. 31 - MACNAMARA, E. - Vita quotidiana degli Etruschi, 1982. 32 - STUCCHI, S. - Il gruppo bronzeo tiberiano da Cartoceto, 1988. 33 - ZUFFA, M. - Scritti di archeologia, 1982. 34 - VECCHI, M. - Torcello. Nuove ricerche, 1982. 35 - SALZA PRINA RICOTTI, E. - L’arte del convito nella Roma antica, 1983. 36 - GILOTTA, F. - Gutti e askoi a rilievo italioti ed etruschi, 1984. 37 - BECATTI, G. - Kosmos. Studi sul mondo classico, 1987. 38 - FABRINI, G. M. - Numana: vasi attici da collezione, 1984. 39 - BUONOCORE, M. - Schiavi e liberti dei Volusii Saturnini. Le iscrizioni del colombario sulla via Appia antica, 1984. 40 - FUCHS, M. - Il Teatro romano di Fiesole. Corpus delle sculture, 1986. 41 - BURANELLI, F. - L’urna «Calabresi» di Cerveteri. 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 romana, 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. continua a pag. 171 ANTONIO CORSO THE ART OF PRAXITELES III The Advanced Maturity of the Sculptor «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER ANTONIO CORSO THE Art OF PraXITELES III The Advanced Maturity of the Sculptor ISBN 978-88-8265-575-4 © Copyright 2010 «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER Via Cassiodoro, 19 - 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: Marble statue of Artemis at Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Skulpturensammlung, no. 117. Corso, Antonio The art of Praxiteles, III : the advanced maturity of the sculptor / Antonio Corso. - Roma : «L’ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER, 2010. - 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Studia archaeologica ; 177) ISBN 978-88-8265-575-4 CDD 21. 733.3 1. Prassitele 2. Scultura greca - Sec. IV a. C. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The 1984 Foundation attached to the Mellon Bank of Philadelphia awarded me two grants toward the completion of this book. I wish to thank Prof. Charles Williams II as the head of this foundation, for his support of my research. The Michael Marks Charitable Trust contributed another grant. Thanks are due to Lady Marina Marks as the head of the Trust as well as to Prof. Angelos Delivorrias as the Director of the Benaki Museum who accepted that this grant is channeled through his museum. Finally the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa awarded me three contracts each one of six months which allowed me to write a large part of this book with peace of mind. I wish to thank Prof. Salvatore Settis as the Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore for his support. I gave lectures about issues debated in this book in March, 2007, at the University of Pavia, upon invitation by Prof. Maurizio Harari, in June, 2008 at the Capodistrian University of Athens upon invitation by Prof. Grammatiki Karla and finally in September, 2008 at the Danish Institute at Athens, by invitation of Prof. Erik Hallager. Moreover I delivered related papers at two congresses held in Sankt Petersburg in June, 2007 and in June, 2009, after invitation by the organizer of these events, Prof. Nikolaj Nikolajevich Kazanski. I thank Profs. Hallager, Harari, Karla, Kazanski because they gave me the opportunity to present my work in progress. I discussed many topics which are debated in this book with many scholars. Special thanks are due to the fol- lowing scholars: G. Alevras, F. Angio’, C. Antonetti, E. Arslan, E. Babnik, V. Barlou, B. Barr Sharrar, M. Bennett, A. Bignasca, S. Blakely, A. Borbein, N. Boukidis, D. Candilio, G. A. Cellini, D. Clay, J. Curbera, A. Delivorrias, J. -P. DeRycke, R. di Cesare, S. Dreni, L. Faedo, A, Frolov, A. Gavrilov, E. Ghisellini, E. Giudice, F. Giudice, G. Giudice, P. Gros, M. Haagsma, F. Iatridou, M. Iozzo, J. Isager, S. Isager, I. Jenkins, J. Jensen, M. Jost, N. Kaltsas, P. Karanastasi, G. Karla, N. N. Kazanski, H. Kienast, S. Klinger, M. Kluge, M. Kohl, M. Kreeb, G. Ladstaetter, V. Lambrinoudakis, A. M. Leander Touati, M. Lefantzis, O. Levinska- ja, E. Lopes, A. Mantis, M. E. Micheli, V. Mitsopoulos – Leon, P. Moreno, A. Moustaka, P. Mpoughia, A. Nagy, J. Neils, A. Oehnesorg, E. Ostby, M. Osanna, D. Panchenko, J. Papadopoulos, A. Pautasso, K. Peppas Delmouzou, M. G. Picozzi, M. Pologiorgi, Z. Polychroniadou, F. Rausa, P. Rendini, D. Romano, I. Romano, I. Romeo, D. Scahill, D. Schilardi, P. Schultz, K. Seaman, S. Settis, A. Shapiro, F. Silvestro, R. R. R. Smith, E. Solomou, A. I. Solopov, N. Stampolidis, T. Stefanidou, A. Stewart, J. Strazzulla, J. Stroszeck, A. Surtees, P. Themelis, M. Tiverios, J. Traill, I. Triandi, A. Trofimova, E. Vikela, R. von den Hoff, H. Walda, C. Williams II, C. Wolf, and T. Zefiris. Special thanks are due to Prof. Dora Konstantinidis (University of Melbourne) as well as to Mr. Tryggve Beckel because of their lingual corrections to my manuscript. ANTONIO CORSO Athens, 12 March 2010 SUMMARY SIXTH CHAPTER From the late 360s to around 355 BC ........................................................................................................................................................
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