Collection of Classical Antiquities Berlin. Masterpieces of ancient sculpture

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The Antikensammlung Berlin is one of the most important collections of its kind in the world. Its highlights include the “Berlin Goddess”, the “Praying Boy”, the “Green Caesar”, the portrait of Cleopatra and the astonishing sculptural decoration of the Great Altar of Pergamon. In this lavishly illustrated volume Andreas Scholl, Director of the Antikensammlung, offers a fascinating survey of classical sculpture on display at the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum and the interim building “Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama”. He briefly discusses the artistic and technical qualities of the statues and reliefs, their original cultural context, and explains the functions they served on graves, in public spaces and in sanctuaries. Presenting works of Greek, Cypriot, Etruscan and Roman sculpture, the book is also a short history of classical sculptural art. To conclude, Andreas Scholl also outlines the 350 year history of the collection, which after World War II and the division of Germany is now reunited on the Museumsinsel. Cover Contents The Collection of Classical Antiquites Berlin today The Altes Museum Ancient worlds. The new presentation of the Antikensammlung in the Altes Museum Italia antiqua. Etruscans and Romans in Berlin The Antikensammlung in the Neues Museum Greek sculpture The age of heroes. Early Greece Places of the gods. Sanctuaries in archaic Greece Memory and representation. Funerary monuments in archaic Greece Gods and heroes. Images from Greek mythology Votive offerings in the classical period Masterpieces. The human image in the Greek classical period Life and death in classical Athens. Everyday life in an ancient metropolis Greek theatre. Cult and entertainment The western Greeks. Southern Italy and Sicily Alexander and the outcome. The age of Hellenism The island of Aphrodite. Sculptures from ancient Cyprus The Pergamon Altar. Architecture, sculpture and meaning Reconstruction of the altar in the Pergamonmuseum The architecture of the Pergamon Altar The great frieze with the gigantomachy The small frieze with the Telephos myth The roof figures: the gods await the battle The architectural form of the Pergamon Altar. Origin and meaning The Pergamon Altar as the palace of Zeus The reliefs at the top of the stairs. The climax of the battle Etruscan and Roman sculpture The Etruscans. Rise of a civilization Funerary sculpture from Chiusi Etruscan architecture. Roof terracottas from Southern Etruria and Latium Etruscan sanctuaries and votive offerings Etruscan mythology and belief in the afterlife Life and death in Rome Roman sculpture and Greek model Luxury as a lifestyle. Sculpture in Roman villas Rome. Faces of the empire. Imperial and private portraiture History of the Collection of Classical Antiquities Berlin From the Kunstkammer at the Schloss to the Museum in the Lustgarten Classical antiquity in the museum and at the university The original presentation of ancient sculpture in the Altes Museum The first decades after the opening of the Altes Museum The sculptures from Pergamon. A new world enters the Altes Museum The new installation of the Antikensammlung by Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz The Pergamonmuseum The Second World War and its repercussions The Antikensammlung in East Berlin The Antikensammlung in West Berlin The reunified Antikensammlung in the Altes Museum Chronological table Bibliography Floor plans of the museums