Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Athena Farnese
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Athena Farnese
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Alternate Title:
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Statue of Athena
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Image View:
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Detail, upper half of figure in profile from the left
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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) 6024
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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Greek original, ca. 430 BCE (other); Roman copy, ca. 2nd century CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
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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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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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224 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Athena (Greek deity)
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Description:
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From the Farnese collection, Roman copy of Greek original. The statue depicts Athena standing on the right leg, the left slightly retroflex. The right arm is stretched forward, the left is raised, holding a spear. The goddess wears a long chiton, thickly draped, covered by a himation tied on the right shoulder. Above is a gorgoneion (protective amulet) with the head of Medusa in the center and snakes wrapped in coils along the edge of an aegis. The head is crowned with an Attic helmet, adorned with a sphinx and two winged griffins. The sculpture features refer to a prototype of the second half of the fifth century BCE, by Agoracritus. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-AF-A11
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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