Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Cameo Glass Panels with the Initiation of Ariadne
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Image View:
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Panel; Dionysus appears to Ariadne while asleep (Inv 153652)
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) glass worker)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 153651; 153652
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo, 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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ca. 15-54 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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cameo (sculpture)
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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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blue and white cameo glass
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Technique:
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blown glass; carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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25 cm (height) x 39.9 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity); Pompeii (Extinct city)
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Description:
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The cameo (cased glass) glass panels, worked with the techniques of blowing, intaglio and grinding, date to the Tiberio-Claudian period (15-54 CE). The panels, found in the autumn of 1960 among waste materials outside the House of M. Fabius Rufus in the Insula Occidentalis in Pompeii, were probably an element of decoration of a wall, or most likely, of a wooden piece of furniture instead of the most common ivory marquetries. The panels feature the initiation of Ariadne, and the apparition of Dionysus to Ariadne while asleep. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; https://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/en/)
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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-NAM-SWD-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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