Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Wedding of Zeus and Hera
Work_PrefTitle
Wedding of Zeus and Hera
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Overall view with frame (with black background)
Image_Title
Overall view with frame (with black background)
Image View
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
Agent_Display
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9559
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9559
Location
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; Room LXXII
Work_LocationNotes
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; Room LXXII
Location Note
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GPS:
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40.8534 14.2505
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Date:
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ca. 40-79 BCE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 40-79 BCE (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
Work_Culture
Roman (ancient)
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
Work_Worktype1
fresco (painting)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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painting
Work_Classification
painting
Classification
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
Work_MaterialDisplay
pigment on plaster
Material
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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153 cm (height) x 130 cm (width)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
153 cm (height) x 130 cm (width)
Measurements
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Description:
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From House of the Tragic Poet (Casa del Poeta Tragico), Pompeii (VI, 8, 3.5, atrium). Six of the over twenty fresco panels in the house were removed to the Naples Museum; these were all from the eastern, better-reserved side of the house. This panel would have been the first one seen upon entering the atrium and depicts Zeus and Hera on Mount Ida. Zeus persuades his bride to lift her veil and reveal her face, which she turns towards the viewer. This scene is also depicted in a metope from Hera's fifth century BCE Temple at Selinus and celebrates the passage in a woman's life, from invisibility to exposure, virginity to marriage. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Work_Description_Sou rce
From House of the Tragic Poet (Casa del Poeta Tragico), Pompeii (VI, 8, 3.5, atrium). Six of the over twenty fresco panels in the house were removed to the Naples Museum; these were all from the eastern, better-reserved side of the house. This panel would have been the first one seen upon entering the atrium and depicts Zeus and Hera on Mount Ida. Zeus persuades his bride to lift her veil and reveal her face, which she turns towards the viewer. This scene is also depicted in a metope from Hera's fifth century BCE Temple at Selinus and celebrates the passage in a woman's life, from invisibility to exposure, virginity to marriage. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Description
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-WZH-A06
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-NAM-WZH-A06
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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