Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Diana
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Diana
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Image View:
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Detail, upper body and head
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9243
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
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GPS:
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+40.8534+14.2505
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Date:
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ca. 15 BCE-45 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman); Third Style
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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38 cm (height) x 32 cm (width, approx., all panels)
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Description:
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The Third Style fresco was inspired by fourth century BCE figures and found together with three other similar frescoes depicting Leda, Flora (inv. 8834, both on a green background), and Medea (also on a pale blue background) on panels situated in the middle zone of the walls of a cubiculum of the Villa Arianna, Stabiae (4.5 km southwest of Pompeii). (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-DIA-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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