Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Lion Kills Leopard Mosaic
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Lion Kills Leopard Mosaic
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Alternate Title:
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Leone e Pantera
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Image View:
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Detail, the head and mane of the lion
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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) 114282
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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. 149-100 BCE (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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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; limestone
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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89 cm (height) x 76 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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animal; leopard; panther; predator
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Description:
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The central emblem of a floor mosaic done in fine opus vermiculatum work, found in Pompeii, the House of the Mosaic Doves (Casa delle Colombe a mosaico) (VIII.2.34). In a rocky landscape, a lion holds a panther in his paws. The scene reproduces a Hellenistic painting, although the Roman copyist does not understand perspective and foreshortens the back of the lion until it appears flat. (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-LKT-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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