Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Podium Frescoes from the Amphitheatre of Mérida
Image View:
Gladiator fighting a lion
Creator:
unknown (Roman or Iberian (ancient) painter)
Location:
exhibition: Museo Arqueologico Nacional (Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
Location Note:
C/ Serrano, 13 (exhibition)
GPS:
40.423333-3.688889
Date:
ca. 2nd century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
animal; recreation and games; festivals; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Gladiators; Roman Empire; lions; tiger; venationes; animal fighting
Description:
The town was founded in 25 BCE, with the name of Emerita Augusta (meaning the veterans, discharged soldiers, of the army of Augustus; the name Mérida is an evolution of this) by order of Emperor Augustus. The city became the capital of Lusitania province. Mérida preserves more important ancient Roman monuments than any other city in Spain. The amphitheatre was completed in 8 BCE. This building was intended for gladiatorial fights and combats between beasts or men and beasts (venationes). These frescoes show these fights, and come from the podium. On exhibit in Madrid, from the Museo Nacional De Arte Romano, Merida, Spain. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-S-NAMM-APF-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Podium Frescoes from the Amphitheatre of Mérida