Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Bust of Isis
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Alternate Title:
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Busto di Iside
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Image View:
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Overall view from front (only head is original)
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. Scu 362
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Nuovo, Salla delle Colombe; Albani Collection
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GPS:
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+41.893545+12.483240
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Date:
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ca. 150 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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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; Egypt--Religion; Restoration and conservation; syncretism
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Description:
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Only the head is original; the alabaster bust is a modern restoration. Originally the head would have been part of a full-length statue. The head has been identified as Isis, based on her high headdress decorated with a crescent moon, surmounted by a solar disk flanked by two cobras. The Roman copy, datable to middle of the 2nd century CE is based on a 4th century BCE prototype. The form that Isis took among Greeks and Romans was syncretic and combined her Egyptian traits with Greco-Roman ideas. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapitolini.org/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-IS-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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