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| Head of Athena marble ca. 420 BC Getty |
Carved marble from ancient Greece, traditionally the most prestige-laden of all departed European cultures. Its few recovered battered fragments aroused superstitious veneration unique unto themselves – until recently. At present, as we know, advanced thinking dismisses hierarchies of artistic value. No one culture, no one style or period, and no one audience can any longer reasonably be exalted over any other.
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| Grave Stele of Myttion marble ca. 400 BC Getty |
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| Grave Stele of Philoxenos and Philoumene marble ca. 400 BC Getty |
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| Votive Relief of Horse and Youth marble ca. 500 BC Getty |
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| Grave Stele of Herophanta and Posideos marble ca. 150 BC Getty |
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| Grave Stele of Family Group marble ca. 360 BC Getty |
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| Statuette of Alexander the Great marble 2nd century BC Getty |
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| Head of Alexander the Great marble ca. 320 BC Getty |
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| Head of Amazon marble ca. 500 BC Getty |
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| Portrait Head marble ca. 150 BC Getty |
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| Grave Stele of Poseides marble ca. 275 BC Getty |
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| Grave Naiskos of a Young Woman marble ca. 360 BC Getty |
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| Kouros Fragment marble ca. 520 BC Getty |
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| Kore Fragment marble ca. 475 BC Getty |
I am grateful for the eloquent photographs made available by the Getty in Los Angeles.