The Getty Kouros Colloquium

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Название:The Getty Kouros Colloquium

Издательство:J. Paul Getty Museum

Автор:Nicholas P Goulandris

Год:1992

Количество страниц:68

Язык:English

Формат:pdf

Размер:10,9 Mb

This volume brings together the nineteen papers delivered at the 1992 colloquium in Athens that convened the world’s scholars and scientists to discuss the authenticity of the controversial Kouros acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1985. Contributors provide the first balanced discussion of the sculpture’s authenticity. These essays will be of interest to antiquities specialists and to those who want to learn about the latest findings and opinions of the international scholars who have studied the Getty Kouros.

Table of Contents

Marion True, The Getty Kouros: Background on the Problem

Brunile Sismondo-Ridgway, In Defense of Authenticity

Evelyn B. Harrison, Remarks on the Style of the Getty Kouros

Bernard Holtzmann, A Contribution to the Athens Colloquium on the Getty Kouros

John Boardman, Criteria

Vassilis Lambrinoudakis, Some Observations on the Authenticity of the Getty Kouros

Jean Marcadé, An Honest Opinion about the Getty Kouros

Georgios Dontas, The Getty Kouros: A Look at its Artistic Defects and Incongruities

Helmut Kyrieleis, Concerning the Getty Kouros

Ismini Trianti, Four Kouroi in One?

Angelos Delivorrias, Concerning the Problem of the Authenticity of a Statue

Ilse Kleeman, On the Authenticity of the Getty Kouros

Eleanor Guralnick, Measurements and Proportions of the Getty Kouros

Stelios Triantis, Technical and Artistic Deficiencies of the Getty Kouros

Peter Rockwell, Archaic Carving Technique and the Getty Kouros

Jerry Podany, Scientific Examination of the Getty Kouros: An Introduction

Tony Kozelj, Marble Quarries on the Island of Thasos and the Extraction of Blocks in Antiquity

Frank Preusser, Scientific Examination of the Getty Kouros

Norbert S. Baer, The Role of Scientific Evidence in Archaeological Inquiry: The Getty Kouros

Bibliography - Participants