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Mark Fullerton—Professor

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Mark Fullerton

Professor Fullerton's research and teaching encompasses a wide range of topics in the Art and Archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. His special areas of expertise are Greek and Roman Sculpture, the art of the Hellenistic era, and the relationship between style and the conveyance of meaning in Classical art. He has held positions in the Archaeological Institute of America and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and has served as a staff member of several archaeological excavations in both Italy and Greece.


Education

  • Ph. D. 1982-Bryn Mawr College, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. Dissertation: Archaistic Draped Statuary in the Round of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods.
  • 1979–1981-Regular Member and Associate Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
  • M. A. 1977-Bryn Mawr College, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. Thesis: The Terracotta Sphinx Akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo).
  • A. B. 1975-Bowdoin College, Department of Classics. Magna Cum Laude.

Publications

    Articles & Essays

  • "(Re)presenting Roman Statuary," Journal of Roman Archaeology 19 (2006), in press."
  • "Der Stil der Nechahmer: A Brief Historiography of Stylistic Retrospection," in A. A. Donohue and M. Fullerton, eds., Ancient Art and its Historiography (2003) 92–117.
  • "Statuary Types and Some Perils of Positivism," Journal of Roman Archaeology 13 (2000) 509–514.
  • "Atticism, Classicism, and the Origins of Neo-Attic Sculpture," in O. Palagia, ed., Regional Styles in Hellenistic Sculpture (London: Oxbow Books, 1998) 95–101.
  • "Description vs. Prescription: A Semantics of Sculptural Style," in K. Hartswick & M. Sturgeon, eds., STEPHANOS: Studies in Honor of Brunilde S. Ridgway (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1998) 69–77.
  • "Imitation and Intertextuality in Roman Art," Journal of Roman Archaeology 10 (1997) 427–440.
  • "'The Greek Miracle:' Fabulous and Fraudulent Thaumaturgy in Greco-Roman Antiquity," in A. M. Lidov, ed., Chudotvornaya Ikona. V Vizantii i Drevnei Rusi (Moscow: Martis, 1996) 11–18 [translated into Russian].
  • "Arkesilaos," "Boethos of Kalchedon," "Bupalos and Athenis," "Dionysios," "Euboulides," "Pasiteles," "Stephanos," "Timarchides," and "Timokles," entries in The Dictionary of Art, (London: Mac Millan, 1996).
  • "Art and Archaeology at OSU-the Isthmia Project," Arts Advocate, January, 1990, 3.
  • "The Date of the Herculaneum Pallas Type," Archäologischer Anzeiger (1989) 57–67.
  • "Archaistic Statuary of the Hellenistic Period," Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Intituts, Athenische Abteilung 102 (1987) 259–278.
  • "The Archaistic Perirrhanteria of Attika," Hesperia 55 (1986) 207–217.
  • "The Location and Archaism of the Hekate Epipyrgidia," Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1986, 669–675.
  • "The Domus Augusti in Imperial Iconography of 13–12 B. C.," American Journal of Archaeology 89 (1985) 473–483.
  • "The Terracotta Sphinx Akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo)," Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Intituts, Römische Abteilung 89 (1982) 1–26.

    • Books, Edited Volumes, & Exhibition Catalogues

  • Ancient Art and its Historiography (London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003) [co-editor with A. A. Donohue].
  • Greek Art (London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000). Reviewed: American Journal of Archaeology 105 (2001) 122 (Tyler Jo Smith).
  • The Archaistic Style in Roman Statuary (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1990). Reviewed: Revue Archéologique, 1992, 415–416 (M.-A. Zagdoun). L'Antiquité Classique 61 (1992) 715–718 (Jean Ch. Balty). Latomus 52,1 (1993) 232–233 (François Baratte).
  • Roman Art (London: Phaidon Press Ltd.)

    • Reviews

  • Queyrel, François, Les Portraits des Attalides. Fonction et representation. (BEFAR 308.) Pp. 378, pls. 75. Paris: de Boccard, 2003. In American Journal of Archaeology 109 (2005) 317–318.
  • Elena Ghisellini, Atene e la corte tolemaica. L'ara con dodekatheon nel Museo Greco-Romano di Alessandria. Xenia Antiqua Monografie 8. "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, Rome 1999. In American Journal of Archaeology 105 (2001) 360–361.
  • Bernard Andreae, Schönheit des Realismus: Auftraggeber, Shöpfer, Betrachter hellenistischer Plasktik. Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt 77. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1998. In American Journal of Archaeology 103 (1999) 716–717.
  • Olga Palagia and J. J. Pollitt, Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 9. 3 (1998) 265–271, also available on-line [no. 97. 9.92].
  • Renée Dreyfus and Ellen Schraudolph, eds., Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar-Volume 1. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1996. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 9. 2 (1998) 146–148 also available on-line [no. 97. 6.2]
  • Nele Hackländer, Der archaistische Dionysos: Eine archäologische Untersuchung zur Bedeutung archaistischer Kunst in hellenistischer und römischer Zeit. Europäische Hochschulschriften: Reihe 38, Archäologie; Bd. 37. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1996. In American Journal of Archaeology 101 (1997) 799–800.
  • Roberta Belli Pasqua, Scultura Di Età Romana in "Basalto;" Xenia Antiqua Monograph 2. "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, Rome, 1995. In American Journal of Archaeology 101 (1997) 613–614.
  • Guy P. R. Métraux, Sculptors and Physicians in Fifth-Century Greece-A Preliminary Study. Mc Gill-Queen's University Press, Montreal & Kingston, 1995. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 8. 1 (1997) 75–77, also available on-line [no. 96. 12. 8].
  • Warren G. Moon, ed., Polykleitos, the Doryphoros and Tradition. Madison, WI, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 7. 8 (1996) 713–718, also available on-line [no. 96. 10. 13].
  • Warren G. Moon, ed., Polykleitos, the Doryphoros and Tradition. Madison, WI, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 7. 8 (1996) 713–718, also available on-line [no. 96. 10. 13].
  • Denys Haynes, The Technique of Greek Bronze Statuary, Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1992. In Archaeological News 19 (1994) 47–49.
  • Kerstin Höghammar, Sculpture and Society: A Study of the Connection between the Free-Standing Sculpture and Society on Kos in the Hellenisticand Augustan Periods; Boreas. Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations vol. 23. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis 1993. In American Journal of Archaeology 98 (1994) 787–788.
  • Michaela Fuchs, Glyptothek München-Katalog der Skulpturen-Band VI-Römische Idealplastik. Verlag C. H. Beck, Munich 1992. In American Journal of Archaeology 98 (1994) 377–378.
  • Hugo Meyer, Antinoos: Die archäologischen Denkmäler unter Einbeziehung des numismatischen und epigraphischen Materials sowie der literarischen Nachrichten: ein Beitrag zur Kunst-und Kulturgeschichte der hadrianisch-frühantoninischen Zeit. Wilh. Fink Verlag, Munich 1991. In American Journal of Archaeology 98 (1994) 378–380.
  • Denys Haynes, The Technique of Greek Bronze Statuary, Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1992. In Archaeological News 19 (1994) 47–49.
  • Andrew Stewart, Faces of Power; Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics University of California Press, Berkeley 1993. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 5. 7 (1994) 636–639, also available on-line [no. 95. 2.9].
  • Kerstin Höghammar, Sculpture and Society: A Study of the Connection between the Free-Standing Sculpture and Society on Kos in the Hellenisticand Augustan Periods; Boreas. Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations vol. 23. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis 1993. In American Journal of Archaeology 98 (1994) 787–788.
  • Michaela Fuchs, Glyptothek München-Katalog der Skulpturen-Band VI-Römische Idealplastik. Verlag C. H. Beck, Munich 1992. In American Journal of Archaeology 98 (1994) 377–378.
  • Hugo Meyer, Antinoos: Die archäologischen Denkmäler unter Einbeziehung des numismatischen und epigraphischen Materials sowie der literarischen Nachrichten: ein Beitrag zur Kunst-und Kulturgeschichte der hadrianisch-frühantoninischen Zeit. Wilh. Fink Verlag, Munich 1991. In American Journal of Archaeology 98 (1994) 378–380.
  • Andrew Stewart, Faces of Power; Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics University of California Press, Berkeley 1993. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 5. 7 (1994) 636–639, also available on-line [no. 95. 2.9].
  • Mary-Anne Zagdoun, La sculpture archäisante dans l'art hellénistique et dans l'art romain du haut-empire (Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome Fasc. 269). École Française d'Athènes, thens/Paris, 1989. In Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft 63 (1991) 50–55. Also in American Journal of Archaeology 94 (1990) 509–510.
  • Mary-Anne Zagdoun, La sculpture archäisante dans l'art hellénistique et dans l'art romain du haut-empire (Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome Fasc. 269). École Française d'Athènes, thens/Paris, 1989. In Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft 63 (1991) 50–55. Also in American Journal of Archaeology 94 (1990) 509–510.
  • Ancient Portraits in the J. Paul Getty Museum I, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, 1987. In American Journal of Archaeology 92 (1989). 154–155.
  • Ancient Portraits in the J. Paul Getty Museum I, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, 1987. In American Journal of Archaeology 92 (1989). 154–155.
  • John Pollini, The Portraiture of Gaius and Lucius Caesar, Fordham University Press, New York, 1987. In American Journal of Archaeology 92 (1988) 615–617.
  • John Pollini, The Portraiture of Gaius and Lucius Caesar, Fordham University Press, New York, 1987. In American Journal of Archaeology 92 (1988) 615–617.
  • Henning Wrede, Der Antikengarten der del Bufalo bei der Fontana Trevi (4. Trierer Winckelmannsprogramm, 1982). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 1983. In American Journal of Archaeology 90 (1986) 249–250.
  • Joachim Raeder, Die statuarische Ausstattung der Villa Hadriana bei Tivoli. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1983. In American Journal of Archaeology 90 (1986) 250–251.
  • Joachim Raeder, Die statuarische Ausstattung der Villa Hadriana bei Tivoli. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1983. In American Journal of Archaeology 90 (1986) 250–251.
  • Renate Bol, Das Statuenprogramm des Herodes-Atticus-nymphäums (Olympische Forschungen 15). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1984. In American Journal of Archaeology 89 (1985) 369–370.
  • Renate Bol, Das Statuenprogramm des Herodes-Atticus-nymphäums (Olympische Forschungen 15). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1984. In American Journal of Archaeology 89 (1985) 369–370.
  • Martin Henig, ed., A Handbook of Roman Art. A Comprehensive Survey of All the Arts of the Roman World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1983. In American Journal of Archaeology 88 (1984) 427–428.
  • Henning Wrede, Der Antikengarten der del Bufalo bei der Fontana Trevi (4. Trierer Winckelmannsprogramm, 1982). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 1983. In American Journal of Archaeology 90 (1986) 249–250.
  • Martin Henig, ed., A Handbook of Roman Art. A Comprehensive Survey of All the Arts of the Roman World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1983. In American Journal of Archaeology 88 (1984) 427–428.

Seminars, Lectures & Presentations

    Presentations

  • "Roma and Augustus on the Gemma Augustea," at the International Symposium on Sacred Images, held at the University of Siena. June 15, 2006.
  • "Looking back at Looking Back: Retrospection and Ancient Sculpture," at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dept. of Classical Studies and Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology. November 5, 2003.
  • "Moral Authority and Augustan Classicism," presented at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, LA, January 4, 2003.
  • "Myth as Metaphor: 'Reading' the Parthenon Sculptures," presented before the Springfield (OH) chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, May 8. 2001.
  • "Style and Periodisation in Hellenistic Sculpture," at session on Periodisation at the Thirtieth Annual International Congress of the History of Art, London, September 8, 2000.
  • "The Archaism of Classicism," presented at the session: Archaism and the Politics of Cultural Memory at the Annual Conference of the College Art Association of America, Toronto, Canada, February 27, 1998.
  • "Metaphors of the Classical Norm," introductory paper presented at the session: Ripeness is All: Metaphors of the Classical Norm in Ancient Art at the Annual Conference of the College Art Association of America, New York, NY, February 13, 1997.
  • "Atticism, Classicism, and the Origins of Neo-Attic Sculpture," presented at the International Symposium on Regional Styles in Hellenistic Sculpture, Athens, Greece, March 15, 1996.
  • "Defining Archaism: Style and Retrospection in Roman Sculpture," presented in the joint AIA/APA colloquium on Archaism in Greek Art, History, and Literature under the Roman Empire at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and American Philological Association, Atlanta, GA, December 30, 1994. Abstract published: American Journal of Archaeology 99 (1995) 349.
  • "'The Greek Miracle': Fabulous and Fraudulent Thaumaturgy in Classical Antiquity," presented at the International Conference on: The Miracle-Working Icon in Orthodox Culture sponsored by the Centre for Eastern Christian Culture and held at the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, June 1, 1994.
  • "Dates vs. Chronology: Style and Periodization in Hellenistic Sculpture," presented before the Philadelphia Chapter of the AIA, Bryn Mawr, PA, April 20, 1994.
  • "Source vs. Prototype in Neo-Attic Relief Sculpture," presented at the Annual Meeting of the College Art Asssociation of America, New York, NY, February 18, 1994.
  • "Bathing and Sanctuaries in Roman Greece," presented at The Corinthia in the Roman Empire: Archaeological Connections in the Eastern Mediterranean, Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 1991.
  • "Baths and Bathing in Greek Sanctuaries," presented at the Annual Symposium on Ancient History, Dept. of History, Ohio State University, February 2, 1990.
  • "Archaeological Activity at Isthmia, 1989," presented to the Columbus Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, November 16, 1989.
  • "Archaism as Escapism in Classical Antiquity," presented at the Conference on Medievalism, Chicago, IL, October 14, 1988.
  • Augustan Portraiture and the Ptolemaic Tradition," presented at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New York, NY, December 30, 1987. Abstract published in American Journal of Archaeology 92 (1988) 270.
  • "Greco-Roman Deities at OSU," presented before the Columbus Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, January 20, 1987.
  • "Archaistic Statuary and Neo-Attic Reliefs," presented at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Washington, DC, December 29, 1985. Abstract published in American Journal of Archaeology 90 (1986) 209.
  • "Alkamenes' Hekate and Archaism in Athens," presented at the annual meeting of the College Art Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, February 16, 1985.
  • "The Archaistic Athena from Herculaneum," presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Art History Society, Madison, WI, April 6, 1984.
  • "The Role of the House of Augustus in Imperial Iconography," presented before the Columbus, OH, chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, March 5, 1984.
  • "Augustus Divi Filius and Pontifex Maximus," presented at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Cincinnati, OH, December 30, 1983. Abstract published in American Journal of Archaeology 88 (1984) 244.

Professional Activities

    Employment

  • 2006 Associate Dean, College of the Arts. The Ohio State University.
  • 2001 Gertrude Smith Professor, American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
  • 1998 Professor, Department of History of Art, The Ohio State University. Department Chair (1995–2006).
  • 1993–1994 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College.
  • 1989–1998 Associate Professor, Department of History of Art, The Ohio State University. Department Vice-Chair (1990–1992) and Acting Chair (1992–1993).
  • 1983–1989 Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art, The Ohio State University.
  • 1982–1983 Lecturer, Departments of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Latin, Bryn Mawr College.

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