Collection of Classical Antiquities Berlin - Masterpieces of ancient sculpture. Altes Museum, Neues Museum, Pergamonmuseum

The sculptures in the Collection of Classical Antiquities - the Antikensammlung - in Berlinare among the chief attractions of the Museumsinsel. They can be admired in the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum and in the interim building "Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama". Andreas Scholl, Director of the Antikensammlung, presents the masterpieces of the collection in this richly illustrated volume, and explains both their original context and their enduring appeal as works of art.

This volume is also available in German and Russian.

List of contents

The Collection of Classical Antiquities Berlin Today
Greek Sculpture
The Pergamon Altar:
Architecture, Sculpture and Meaning
Etruscan and Roman Sculpture
History of the Collection of Classical Antiquities Berlin
Chronological table

Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photographic credits
Floor plans of the museums

About the author

Andreas Scholl is a Classical Archaeologist and has been Director of the Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin since 2004. In addition he taught at Freie Universität Berlin as an honorary professor until 2015.

Summary

The sculptures in the Collection of Classical Antiquities – the Antikensammlung – in Berlinare among the chief attractions of the Museumsinsel. They can be admired in the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum and in the interim building “Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama”. Andreas Scholl, Director of the Antikensammlung, presents the masterpieces of the collection in this richly illustrated volume, and explains both their original context and their enduring appeal as works of art.

This volume is also available in German and Russian.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Scholl
• Assisted by: Johannes Laurentius (Illustration), Giles Shephard (Translation)
• Publisher: Beck Juristischer Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2020
• EAN: 9783406735004
• ISBN: 978-3-406-73500-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 213 mm x 269 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 1169 g
• Illustrations: with 160 illustrations, 140 in colour
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Plastic arts; Skulptur : Bildbände, Monographien, Berlin : Kunst, Roman, Antike : Kunst, Berlin, Sammlungen div. (Museen), Bildhauerei und Plastik, Sculptures, Greek, art of the ancient world, antique art, cultural context, ancient sculpture, altar of Pergamon, masterpiece, Etruscan, ca. 1 bis ca. 500 n. Chr.