Name: Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: 0892360917

Maria Lucia Ferruzza

Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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.In the ancient world, terracotta sculpture was ubiquitous. Readily available and economical—unlike stone suitable for carving—clay allowed artisans to craft figures of remarkable variety and expressiveness. Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily attest to the prolific coroplastic workshops that supplied sacred and decorative images for sanctuaries, settlements, and cemeteries. Sixty terracottas are investigated here by noted scholar Maria Lucia Ferruzza, comprising a selection of significant types from the Getty’s larger collection—life-size sculptures, statuettes, heads and busts, altars, and decorative appliqués.

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English

ISBN

0892360917

Title Page

Contents

Director's Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Classification

Production Techniques

Map of South Italy and Sicily

Catalogue

Cat 1. Statue of a Seated Poet (Orpheus?)

Cat 2. Statue of a Standing Siren A

Cat 3. Statue of a Standing Siren B

Group Discussion (Cats. 1–3)

Cat 4. Head of a Man

Cat 5. Head of a Man

Cat 6. Head of a Man

Cat 7. Head of a Male Banqueter

Cat 8. Head of a Male Banqueter

Cat 9. Head of a Woman

Cat 10. Head of a Woman

Cat 11. Head of a Woman

Cat 12. Head of a Woman

Cat 13. Head of a Woman

Cat 14. Head of a Woman

Cat 15. Bust of a Woman

Cat 16. Bust of a Woman

Cat 17. Bust of a Woman

Cat 18. Head of a Youth

Cat 19. Head of a Youth

Cat 20. Head of a Youth

Cat 21. Bust of a Youth

Cat 22. Fragment of a Head

Cat 23. Head of a Child

Group Discussion (Cats. 4–23)

Cat 24. Head of a Bearded Man

Cat 25. Statuette of a Woman

Cat 26. Plaque with a Woman

Cat 27. Statuette of a Seated Comic Actor

Cat 28. Statuette of a Seated Old Woman

Cat 29. Statuette of a Mime

Cat 30. Statuette of a Dancer

Cat 31. Comic Mask

Cat 32. Statuette of Eros with a Deer

Cat 33. Statuette of an Amazon

Cat 34. Relief with Two Maenads

Cat 35. Relief with a Fighting Arimasp

Cat 36. Relief with a Bull

Cat 37. Relief with Two Griffins Attacking a Deer

Cat 38. Statue of a Mourning Woman

Cat 39. Statue of a Mourning Woman

Cat 40. Statue of a Mourning Woman

Cat 41. Statue of a Mourning Woman

Group Discussion (Cats. 38–41)

Cat 42. Statue of a Mourning Woman

Cat 43. Statuette of a Standing Woman

Cat 44. Statuette of Apollo

Cat 45. Seated Eros A

Cat 46. Seated Eros B

Group Discussion (Cats. 45–46)

Cat 47. One of a Pair of Altars with the Myth of Adonis

Cat 48. One of a Pair of Altars with the Myth of Adonis

Group Discussion (Cats. 47–48)

Cat 49. Altar with Animals

Cat 50. Miniature Altar with Animal Combat

Cat 51. Head of a Woman

Cat 52. Relief with Orestes and Clytemnestra

Cat 53. Thymiaterion Supported by a Statuette of Nike

Cat 54. Statuette of Odysseus under a Ram

Cat 55. Statuette of a Woman with a Kithara

Cat 56. Statuette of Aphrodite

Cat 57. Statuette of Eros

Cat 58. Mask of a Satyr

Cat 59. Clipeus with the Head of Medusa

Cat 60. Head of Hades

Guide to the Collection of South Italian and Sicilian Terracottas

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