Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Plaster Cast Collection; Gaddi Torso
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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; Gaddi Torso
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Alternate Title:
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Plaster Cast Collection; Torso of a Satyr
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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after unknown (Ancient Greek 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. 2nd century BCE (other)
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Cultural Context:
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Ancient Greek
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Style Period:
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Hellenistic
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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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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 marble Gaddi Torso displayed in the Classical Sculpture Room of the Uffizi, Florence, is a Hellenistic sculpture of the 2nd century BCE. Formerly considered to be the torso of a satyr, the sculpture is now thought to represent a centaur straining against his bonds, a theme that was represented several times in Hellenistic art. Probably found in Rome, it was already in the collections of the Florentine Gaddi family in the early 16th century. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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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-TS-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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