Hellenistic portraiture

Hellenistic portraiture was one of the most innovative features of Hellenistic art. Spurred on by an increased interest in realism, Hellenistic sculptors sought to produce true-to-life portraits defined by the individualism of their subjects. ^[1] Emergent at this time is a focus on a range of states of mind such as inebriation and concentration, as well as physical characteristics like senescence and anatomical abnormality - in great contrast with the idealised forms of the Classical period ^{[2] [1]}

Gallery

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  Portrait of Demosthenes
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  Pseudo-Seneca at Naples

Notes

1. Griffiths Pedley, John (1993). Greek Art & Archaeology. Laurence King. p. 350.
2. Barringer, Judith M. (2014). The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Cambridge University Press. p. 342.

Bibliography

• (in Italian) Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli, Il problema del ritratto, in L'arte classica, Editori Riuniti, Rome 1984.
• Buschor, Ernst (1971). Das hellenistische Bildnis [The Hellenistic portrait]. 2nd edition. Munich: Beck, ISBN   3-406-00859-3.
• (in Italian) Pierluigi De Vecchi and Elda Cerchiari, I tempi dell'arte, volume 1, Bompiani, Milano 1999.
• Seilheimer, Horst (2003). Form- und kopienkritische Untersuchungen zum hellenistischen Porträt. Saarbrücken: COD-Verlag, ISBN   3-9807096-7-1.
• Smith, R. R. R. (1988). Hellenistic royal portraits. Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN   0-19-813224-7.