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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Temple of Isis: Portico Frescoes
Work_PrefTitle
Temple of Isis: Portico Frescoes
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Alternate Title:
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Tempio di Iside Frescos
Work_AltTitle
Tempio di Iside Frescos
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Image View:
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Detail, painted "framed" scene at bottom of Nilotic landscape with pygmies and a crocodile (inv. 8607)
Image_Title
Detail, painted "framed" scene at bottom of Nilotic landscape with pygmies and a crocodile (inv. 8607)
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo 19
Work_LocationNotes
Piazza Museo 19
Location Note
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GPS:
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40.853378 14.250486
GPS
40.853378 14.250486
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Date:
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ca. 62-79 CE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 62-79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
Work_Culture
Roman (ancient)
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Fourth Style; Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Fourth Style; Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
Work_Worktype1
fresco (painting)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
Work_MaterialDisplay
pigment on plaster
Material
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique)
Technique
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Subjects:
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deities; Egypt--Religion; Roman Empire
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
deities; Egypt--Religion; Roman Empire
Subjects
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Description:
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All the temples in Pompeii suffered significant damage in the earthquake of 62 CE; the Temple of Isis (VIII.7.28) had been rebuilt by 79 CE. It stood on a podium, its cella was surrounded by a peristyle of seven by eight columns, with four columns supporting the pediment of the pronaos. The temple was decorated with paintings in a Greco-Roman style with a number of Egyptianizing elements, representing the iconography, rituals and ceremonies in honor of Isis; a shrine to the child-god Harpocrates stands to the east. The followers of Isis in Pompeii formed one of the largest communities of her worshippers in the first century CE. The cult of Isis was part of the syncretic tendencies of religion in the Greco-Roman world of late antiquity; the Romans having acquired it from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
All the temples in Pompeii suffered significant damage in the earthquake of 62 CE; the Temple of Isis (VIII.7.28) had been rebuilt by 79 CE. It stood on a podium, its cella was surrounded by a peristyle of seven by eight columns, with four columns supporting the pediment of the pronaos. The temple was decorated with paintings in a Greco-Roman style with a number of Egyptianizing elements, representing the iconography, rituals and ceremonies in honor of Isis; a shrine to the child-god Harpocrates stands to the east. The followers of Isis in Pompeii formed one of the largest communities of her worshippers in the first century CE. The cult of Isis was part of the syncretic tendencies of religion in the Greco-Roman world of late antiquity; the Romans having acquired it from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-TI-P-A11
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-NAM-TI-P-A11
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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