Early Greek PortraitureIn this book, Catherine M. Keesling lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece. Surveying the subjects, motives and display contexts of Archaic and Classical portrait sculpture, she demonstrates that the phenomenon of portrait representation in Greek culture is complex and without a single, unifying history. Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, Keesling grounds her study in contemporary texts such as Herodotus' Histories and situates portrait representation within the context of contemporary debates about the nature of arete (excellence), the value of historical commemoration and the relationship between the human individual and the gods and heroes. She argues that often the goal of Classical portraiture was to link the individual to divine or heroic models. Offering an overview of the role of portraits in Archaic and Classical Greece, her study includes local histories of the development of Greek portraiture in sanctuaries such as Olympia, Delphi and the Athenian Acropolis. |
Contents
Equivocal Texts Equivocal Images | 3 |
Chapter Outline | 13 |
FROM VOTIVE STATUES TO HONORIFIC PORTRAITS | 19 |
CONTENTS | 40 |
ARETE HEROISM AND DIVINE CHOICE IN EARLY | 53 |
PORTRAITS IN GREEK SANCTUARIES | 81 |
DOCUMENTING ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREEK HISTORY | 151 |
EARLY GREEK PORTRAITS UNDER ROMAN | 182 |
THE LIMITS OF REPRESENTATION | 217 |
Portrait Statues at Delphi ca 600300 BC | 227 |
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Alexander Apollo Archaic and Classical Archaic period arete Argive Argos Aristeas Artemis Asklepios Athenian Acropolis Athenian Agora Athens athletic victor portraits bronze portrait Classical period commemorating cult Daochos dedicated Delphi Demetrios early Classical early Greek portraiture early Hellenistic eikon Epidauros epigram fifth century Figure fourth century BC Gorgias Greece Greek portraits GREEK SANCTUARIES Harmodios and Aristogeiton Hellenistic period Heraion Herodotus heroic honor honorific portraits identified IG I3 IG IIČ images individuals inscribed inscription Jacquemin 1999 Keesling Kleobis and Biton Konon kouroi Kritios Krumeich lifesize Lindos Lysander Lysimache Lysippos Mainalos mentioned Mikythos monument name label Olympia Olympic victor original Oropos Paus Pausanias Persian Wars Pheidias poet Polykleitos portrait reinscription portrait statues portraits at Olympia Praxiteles priestess priests reinscribed relief representing retrospective portrait reuse Salamis Samian Heraion Samos sculptors signature statue bases statue group strategos temple Themistokles Thucydides Troizen Tyrannicides VOTIVE STATUES Zeus