New Publication: <em>The Gymnasium Area: Sculpture</em> (<em>Corinth</em> XXIII.1)

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Gymnasium Area: Sculpture (Corinth XXIII.1), by Mary C. Sturgeon.

 

Volume XXIII in the Corinth series is dedicated to the finds from the Gymnasium Area, excavated between 1965 and 1972 by James R. Wiseman and the University of Texas at Austin. Fascicle XXIII.1 presents the marble sculpture, 126 pieces dating between the 6th century B.C. and 5th century A.D. and found in or near a variety of built features, including the ornately decorated Bath-Fountain complex. Among the sculptural finds are portraits of athletes and civic officials and depictions of Dionysos, Hermes, and Aphrodite and the nymphs. Herms and statue bases also form part of the assemblage. This corpus grants us insight into the sculptural practices after the founding of the Roman colony at Corinth, and critical knowledge concerning display context, reuse, and the deposition of sculpture at a gymnasium in a large regional center of the eastern Mediterranean.

 

 

Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Catalogue: The Bath-Fountain Complex (1–85)
Chapter 3. Catalogue: The Apsidal Structure (86–95)
Chapter 4. Catalogue: The Stoas (96–118)
Chapter 5. Catalogue: The Epistyle Wall (119–123)
Chapter 6. Catalogue: Manhole C (124–126)
Appendix. Findspots and Contexts in the Bath-Fountain Complex
Concordance
Indexes
Plans
Plates
Color Plates

Corinth XXIII.1
232 pp, 4 color figs, 4 plans, 4 color pls, 52 b/w pls, 1 table
Cloth, 9" x 12"
978-0-87661-024-4

The Gymnasium Area: Sculpture (Corinth XXIII.1) can be ordered from our distribution partners: Casemate Academic (in the United States) or Oxbow Books (outside of the United States).