Light on Stone: Greek and Roman Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Photographic Essay

Milleker, Elizabeth J.

2004

100 pages

45 illustrations

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Light on Stone offers a visit to the new Greek Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since 1999 the Museum's collection of Classical marble sculpture has literally appeared in a new light. The galleries featuring Greek art of the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries B.C. have been renovated and reinstalled in a way that allows daylight to pour in through high windows and a clear skylight onto the marble statues and reliefs. Ever-shifting shadows and highlights appear to transform and animate these works. The photographs in this book attempt to capture some of those effects, showing statues in different kinds of light, in context with other works, and in close-up detail. An introductory essay and extended notes on each work of art give background information.

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Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic — Marble statue of a kouros (youth)
ca. 590–580 BCE

Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx, Marble, Parian, Greek, Attic — Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx
ca. 530 BCE

Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), Polykleitos, Marble, Roman — Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)
Polykleitos
ca. 69–96 CE

Marble statue of a wounded Amazon, Marble, Roman — Marble statue of a wounded Amazon
1st–2nd century CE

Marble head and torso of Athena, Marble, Pentelic, Roman — Marble head and torso of Athena
1st–2nd century CE

Marble statue of a wounded warrior, Marble, Roman — Marble statue of a wounded warrior
ca. 138–181 CE

Marble head from a herm, Marble, Roman — Marble head from a herm
1st–2nd century CE

Marble head of a youth, Polykleitos, Marble, Roman — Marble head of a youth
Polykleitos
ca. 41–54 CE

Marble torso of a youth, Marble, Roman — Marble torso of a youth
ca. 118–161 CE

Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar), New York Nessos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic — Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)
New York Nessos Painter
second quarter of the 7th century BCE

Marble relief with a dancing maenad, Kallimachos, Marble, Pentelic, Roman — Marble relief with a dancing maenad
Kallimachos
ca. 27 BCE–14 CE

Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Kallimachos, Marble, Roman — Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix
Kallimachos
1st–2nd century CE

Marble statue of Eirene (the personification of peace), Kephisodotos, Marble, Pentelic ?, Roman — Marble statue of Eirene (the personification of peace)
Kephisodotos
ca. 14–68 CE

Marble statue of a woman, Marble, Greek — Marble statue of a woman
2nd half of the 4th century BCE

Marble akroterion, Marble, Greek, Attic — Marble akroterion
ca. 350–325 BCE

Marble akroterion of the grave monument of Timotheos and Nikon, Marble, Greek, Attic — Marble akroterion of the grave monument of Timotheos and Nikon
ca. 350–325 BCE

Marble grave stele of a little girl, Marble, Parian, Greek — Marble grave stele of a little girl
ca. 450–440 BCE

Marble grave stele of a young woman and servant, Marble, Pentelic, Greek, Attic — Marble grave stele of a young woman and servant
ca. 400–390 BCE

Marble grave stele with a family group, Marble, Pentelic, Greek, Attic — Marble grave stele with a family group
ca. 360 BCE

Marble stele (grave marker) of a woman, Marble, Greek, Attic — Marble stele (grave marker) of a woman
mid-4th century BCE

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Coscia, Joseph, Elizabeth J. Milleker, Elizabeth Johnston Milleker, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, eds. 2003. Light on Stone: Greek and Roman Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; a Photographic Essay. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art [u.a.].

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