Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Choirmaster (Choregos) and Actors with Masks
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Choirmaster (Choregos) and Actors with Masks
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Image View:
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Detail, the seated choregos surrounded by actors and a mask
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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) 9986
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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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ca. 80-110 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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First Style; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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mosaic (visual work)
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Material:
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tesserae made of basalt; limestone
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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54 cm (height) x 54 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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literary or legendary; Performing arts; choregos; actors
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Description:
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Theatrical scene of practice or preparation for a satirical play with perhaps Aeschylus as choirmaster (choregos). Rich in characters, it takes place in front of a portico with Ionic columns between which hang shields and garlands. It would have been a central emblem in a floor mosaic, in the fine style known as opus vermiculatum. From Pompeii, the House of the Tragic Poet (del Poeta Tragico) (VI.8.5). (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-CAA-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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