The Art of Praxiteles III
The Advanced Maturity of the Sculptor
by Antonio Corso
SIXTH CHAPTER: From the late 360s to around 355 BC: 27. The Triad of Leto, Apollo, Artemis in the Sanctuary of the Tutelary Apollo in Megara
28. The Group of Leto and Meliboea at Argus
29. The bronze group of Drunkenness with the Satyr Periboetos
30. The group of Niobe with the dying Niobids
31. The marble statues of Success and Good Fortune
32. The bronze statue of Late Summer (Opora)
33. The marble statue of Eros in the chapel of the house of Heius at Messana looted by Verres
34. The marble statue in the oecus of the House of Hermes on Delus
Notes
A. General Index
B. Index of Written Sources
C. Museographic Index.
Antonio Corso was born near Padua, studied at Padua, Athens, Frankfurt and London and published more than 100 scientific works. His publications include an essay on Pericles’ architecture (Venice 1986), large sections of the Italian editions of Pliny the Elder (Turin 1988) and of Vitruvius (Turin 1997), a catalogue of ancient and medieval testimonia on Praxiteles in 3 volumes (Rome 1988, 1990 and 1992) and the first two volumes of his reconstruction of the art and career of Praxiteles (Rome 2004 and 2007). He delivered several dozens of lectures and papers in academic institutions and congresses held in many European countries and is Assistant Editor of the Swiss periodical “Numismatica e Antichita Classiche. Quaderni Ticinesi”.
- By (author) Antonio Corso
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