Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Panther with symbols of Dionysus
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Panther with symbols of Dionysus
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Alternate Title:
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Pantera con simboli dionisiaci
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Image View:
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Detail, decorative vegetal element
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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) mosaico 05
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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. 50-1 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 limestone
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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110 cm (height) x 110 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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allegory; animal; decorative arts; deities; Dionysus (Greek deity); leopard
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Description:
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The central emblem of a floor mosaic, done in opus vermiculatum work. The scene depicts a panther (or leopard) advancing from right to a podium, next to which is placed a rhyton (drinking vessel) and a thyrsus, to which cymbals are attached. At the bottom is a vegetal decorative element. No discovery location is noted. (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-LM-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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