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News from PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONTACT: Ruta Smithson (609) 258-3763 Special Exhibition of Roman Sculpture at Princeton University Art MuseumExhibition Dates: October 13, 2001, through January 20, 2002 PRINCETON -- "Empire of Stone: Roman Sculpture from The Art Museum, Princeton University" will highlight the Museum's fall exhibition schedule. Opening on Saturday, October 13, 2001, the exhibition will be on view in the special exhibition gallery through January 20, 2002. Organized by J. Michael Padgett, associate curator of ancient art, the exhibition will include forty-eight works installed in an innovative design by architect Craig Konyk that places the sculpture in a dramatically illuminated gallery, revealing subtle details of dress, ornament, and modeling that bring to life the people, rulers, and gods of ancient Rome. Among the works exhibited are some of the finest Roman sculptures in America: marble portraits of the emperors Augustus and Marcus Aurelius; an elegant marble statue of the wine god Dionysos draped with a panther skin; a herm head in yellow marble representing the goat-god Pan; a funerary monument for a victorious charioteer; a monumental marble torso of a general in armor, possibly representing the emperor Nero; a marble relief of the god Silvanus holding the viscera of a sacrificial animal; and marble sarcophagi with reliefs of the infancy of Dionysos and Hercules battling the centaurs. Princeton University's distinguished record of archaeological research in Roman Syria is documented by unusual basalt sculptures from the Hauran region, funerary reliefs from the desert city of Palmyra, and an assortment of sculptures from the great metropolis of Antioch-on-the-Orontes, seldom seen by scholars and never before exhibited to the public. The exhibition is planned to coincide with the publication of a comprehensive scholarly catalogue of the Museum's collection of Roman sculpture, edited by Michael Padgett. Illustrated with over 400 photographs, the catalogue includes essays placing the works in their archaeological contexts; 163 entries by sixteen authors, including such distinguished scholars as Michaela Fuchs, Hugo Meyer, Michal Gawlikowski, Robert Wenning, Christopher Moss, and John Pollini; color plates; maps; and extensive notes and bibliography. Entitled Roman Sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University, the publication is a landmark event in the history of classical studies.
RELATED EXHIBITION "Pliny's Cup: Roman Silver in the Age of Augustus"Exhibition Dates: October 13, 2001, through January 20, 2002 Three silver-gilt wine cups from the early first century A.D., each with bold relief decoration, comprise this small correlated exhibition. These rare survivors from an age of legendary luxury are the perfect complement to the sculptures on display in the exhibition "Empire of Stone."
THE ART MUSEUM The Art Museum is open to the public without charge. Free highlights tours of the collection are given every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. It is closed on Monday and major holidays. The Museum Shop closes at 5:00 p.m. The Museum is located in the middle of the Princeton University campus. Picasso's large sculpture Head of a Woman stands in front. For further information, please call (609) 258-3788.
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