Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Plaster Cast Collection; Quirinal Dioscuri [heads only]
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Plaster Cast Collection; Quirinal Dioscuri [heads only]
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Alternate Title:
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Dioscuri di Montecavallo
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Image View:
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Overall view of one head, which is twisted to the right
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Creator:
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after unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Villa Medici (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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French Academy at Rome, Gipsoteca
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GPS:
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+41.908+12.483
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Date:
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cast, 19th century (creation); original, ca. 4th century (other)
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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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replica
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Work Type 2:
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cast (sculpture)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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plaster cast
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Subjects:
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human figure; mythology (Classical); art education; plaster cast collections
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Description:
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The Villa Medici contains some of the collections of Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici as well as collections as part of the French Academy in Rome, including a Gipsoteca, a plaster-cast collection for study purposes .The Quirinal Dioscuri (also known as the Quirinal Horse Tamers) is a colossal marble sculpture group (5.6 m high) that consists of two nude male figures reining in two horses. It is likely that the colossal Dioscuri on the Quirinal formed part of the decoration of the Baths of Constantine, although they too may have been salvaged from the adjacent temple precinct. Unlike their counterparts, the Capitoline Dioscuri, the horsemen of Quirinal Dioscuri have a dynamic pose and their horses are in motion. The originals are Roman, Imperial era (4th century). (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A2-I-R-VM-GYP-DDM-A09
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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