Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Head of a Female Divinity Wearing a Polos
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Head of a Female Divinity Wearing a Polos
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Image View:
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Detail, right side, showing hairstyle
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Creator:
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unknown (Ancient Greek)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale 'Paolo Orsi' (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) inv. 754
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Location Note:
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Viale Teocrito, 66
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GPS:
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+37.0764+15.2864
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Date:
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ca. 600-580 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Ancient Greek
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Style Period:
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Archaic (Greek)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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limestone
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; crown
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Description:
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Head of a female divinity wearing a polos (cylindrical crown) in a sub-Daedalic style. Produced by a local workshop with clearly evident Corinthian influences, in the beginning of the 6th century BCE. Found in Syracuse-Laganello near the river Ciane. [Information from museum label.]
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-G-AMA-HFD-A07
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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