Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Bust of Dionysus 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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Bust of Dionysus Mosaic
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Alternate Title:
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Young Dionysus
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Image View:
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Detail, youthful face wreathed in fruit and flowers
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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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Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; Largo di Villa Peretti, 2
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GPS:
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+41.901359+12.498249
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Date:
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3rd 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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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 stone
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Subjects:
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decorative arts; deities; mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity); Bacchus
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Description:
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Central emblemata of a floor mosaic, 3rd c. CE Found on the via Flaminia, Rome. The central square with the bust is done in finer opus vermiculatum work. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/node/482)
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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-PM-BDM-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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