Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture

A Series of Essays on the History of Art

By:

Adolf Furtwangler

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Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology

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Adolf Furtwängler (1853–1907) was a prominent German archaeologist and art historian specialising in classical art. He was appointed assistant Director of the Königliche Museen zu Berlin in 1880, a position he held until 1894 when he was appointed professor of Classical Archaeology in Munich. He is best known for developing the Kopienkritik approach to studying Roman sculpture, which he introduces in this volume first published in 1885 and translated into English by Eugenie Strong in 1895. Kopienkritik is a methodology which assumes that Roman sculptures are copies of Greek originals, and that by studying the Roman copies the original Greek sculpture can be reconstructed. This approach dominated the study of classical sculpture in the twentieth century and remains influential despite repeated criticism. Furtwängler compares the styles of known classical Greek sculptors with Roman statues to uncover the original sculptor in this defining example of the Kopienkritic approach.

Release date NZ

August 26th, 2010

Author

Adolf Furtwangler

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited and translated by Eugenie Strong

Illustrations

19 Plates, black and white; 197 Halftones, black and white

Pages

552

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology

Dimensions

210x297x28

ISBN-13

9781108017121

Product ID

7024567

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