
Herm of Dionysos (detail), about 200–100 B.C., attributed to the workshop of Boëthos of Kalchedon. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Ancient Greek Bronzes: From the Essence of Form to Hellenistic Realism
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Harold M. Williams Auditorium
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Seán Hemingway, curator of Greek and Roman art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, examines Greek bronze sculpture from its beginnings through the Hellenistic period (323–31 B.C.). He elucidates the achievements of Greek master sculptors by looking closely at a number of outstanding examples of Greek bronze sculpture.