The horse and jockey from Artemision : a bronze equestrian monument of the Hellenistic period

The horse and jockey from Artemision : a bronze equestrian monument of the Hellenistic period / Seán Hemingway.

In 1928, and again in 1937, parts of a large-scale bronze horse and nearly complete jockey were recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece, where they went down in a shipwreck. These original Hellenistic sculptures, known together as the "Horse and Jockey Group from Artemision,"...

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Main Author: Hemingway, Seán
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Series:Hellenistic culture and society ; 45.
Subjects:
Bronze sculpture, Hellenistic.
Artemision bronze statues.
Equestrian statues > Greece.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Artemision bronze statues
Bronze sculpture, Hellenistic
Equestrian statues
Greece
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Summary:In 1928, and again in 1937, parts of a large-scale bronze horse and nearly complete jockey were recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece, where they went down in a shipwreck. These original Hellenistic sculptures, known together as the "Horse and Jockey Group from Artemision," are among the very few surviving bronze sculptures from antiquity
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.
ISBN:9780520928442
052092844X
0520233085
9780520233089
1597346624
9781597346627
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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