Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Statue of Demeter
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statue of Demeter
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Image View:
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Detail, hand with curled fingers and drapery
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps)
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GPS:
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+41.901169+12.473062
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Date:
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ca. 1st-4th century CE (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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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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coarse-grained marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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human figure; mythology (Classical); Ceres
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Description:
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Demeter, goddess of the harvest and fertility, a work from the Imperial Roman period (ca. 1st - 4th centuries CE), made of coarse-grained marble. The head is a modern restoration.
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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-PAL-SD-A11
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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