Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Cock-fight between Personifications of Victory and Defeat
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Cock-fight between Personifications of Victory and Defeat
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Alternate Title:
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Combattimento fra galli
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Image View:
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Overall view
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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) 9982
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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. 99-1 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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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 of basalt and limestone
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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42 cm (height) x 46 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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allegory; animal; decorative arts
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Description:
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The central emblem of a floor mosaic, done in opus vermiculatum work. The scene depicts, in the foreground, the end of a fight of roosters with the loser bleeding. In the background are the owners of the animals, one on the right in a sad pose for the defeated rooster. To the left, the owner of the victorious rooster bears a wreath to the base of a statue of Priapus, while a child, from right, gives the palm of victory. (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-CVD-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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