Hellenistic Age

Some of the earliest apocalyptic speculation is found in Jewish scriptures, in stories like the Book of Daniel, as the Hellenistic age gave way to the Romans around the second and first centuries B.C. and Jewish communities experienced violent persecution.

“Power and Pathos” surveys the work of the Hellenistic Age, when artists achieved astonishing virtuoso feats with the metal, which could be worked into more agonized, ecstatic and dynamic forms than marble.

“Power and Pathos” surveys the work of the Hellenistic Age, when artists achieved astonishing virtuoso feats with the metal, which could be worked into more agonized, ecstatic and dynamic forms than marble.

And during the Hellenistic Age, the possibilities of bronze were pushed to new limits, in portraiture that captured not just the ancient ideal of beauty, but the reality of aging, the corruption of power, the dissolution of wealth, and the impertinence of youth.

And during the Hellenistic Age, the possibilities of bronze were pushed to new limits, in portraiture that captured not just the ancient ideal of beauty, but the reality of aging, the corruption of power, the dissolution of wealth, and the impertinence of youth.