Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Mars and Venus
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Mars and Venus
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Alternate Title:
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Marte e Venere
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Image View:
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Detail, an amoretto plays with Mars' helmet
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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) 9248
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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. 45-79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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99 cm (height) x 90 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Aphrodite (Greek deity); Venus (Roman deity); Mars; Ares
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Description:
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This fresco gave the house where it was found (in 1820) its name, the House of Mars and Venus ((Casa di Marte e Venere also known as the Casa delle Nozze di Ercole (House of the Wedding of Hercules), VII.9.47) in Pompeii. Mars raises the blue mantle of Venus, to admire her nudity accentuated by a gold chain. The painting follows the common convention in portraying the male with a darker complexion. Two cupids (amoretti) play with Mars' weapons. (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-MAV-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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