Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Dionysian Scene (opus sectile)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Dionysian Scene (opus sectile)
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Image View:
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Detail, right side, Dionysus and his panther
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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) 9979
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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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55-79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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opus sectile (visual work)
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Classification:
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mosaics
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Material:
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colored marble
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Technique:
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opus sectile (technique)
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Measurements:
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21 cm (height) x 67 cm (approx.)
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Description:
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Dionysian scene, Fourth Style inlay work in yellow, green, peach blossom and palombino colored marble, from the tablinum of the House of Colored Capitals, Pompeii (VII.4.31/51), excavated 1845. A maenad dances in front of a statue of Priapus, while Dionysus appears with his panther on the right. One of two similar panels found, the other has a maenad and satyr.
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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-SD1-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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