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Hellenistic and Roman Ideal Sculpture - The Allure of the Classical (Hardcover)
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Hellenistic and Roman Ideal Sculpture - The Allure of the Classical (Hardcover)
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In this book, Rachel Kousser draws on contemporary reception theory
to present a new approach to Hellenistic and Roman ideal sculpture.
She analyzes the Romans' preference for retrospective, classicizing
statuary based on Greek models as opposed to the innovative
creations prized by modern scholars. Using a case study of a
particular sculptural type, a forceful yet erotic image of Venus,
Kousser argues that the Romans self-consciously employed such
sculptures to represent their ties to the past in a rapidly
evolving world. Kousser presents Hellenistic and Roman ideal
sculpture as an example of a highly effective artistic tradition
that was, by modern standards, extraordinarily conservative. At the
same time, the Romans' flexible and opportunistic use of past forms
also had important implications for the future: it constituted the
origins of classicism in Western art.
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