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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • Hellenistic bronze statuary
  • An early underwater rescue excavation
  • Technical analysis
  • Questions of style and identification
  • Ancient Greek horse racing
  • Appendix: Chemical analysis and metallographic examination.

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