Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Centaur Figurine
Image View:
Overall view from right side
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. MB 256
Location Note:
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
GPS:
41.896111 12.477222
Date:
3rd century BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek
Style Period:
Hellenistic
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2:
figurine
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
multicolored terracotta
Technique:
modeling (forming)
Subjects:
mythology (Classical); archaeology; Canosian
Description:
From Canosa di Puglia, generally known simply as Canosa, a town and comune in Apulia in southern Italy. Canosa, the Roman Canusium, is considered the principal archaeological center of Apulia, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in Italy. Canusium, originally part of Magna Grecia, became an important commercial center for craftsman, especially of ceramics and pottery during Hellenistic times. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-R-MB-CEN-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Centaur Figurine