Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Jupiter (Zeus) Relief
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Jupiter (Zeus) Relief
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Alternate Title:
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Ludovisi Zeus
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Image View:
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View from right side, showing depth and flat back
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8635
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
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GPS:
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+41.901172+12.473059
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Date:
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Greek original, ca. 420-380 BCE (other); Roman copy, ca. 100-150 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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medium-grained crystalline marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Jupiter (Roman deity); Zeus (Greek deity)
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Description:
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Roman copy, circa first half of the 2nd century CE, based on a Greek original of the late 5th or early 4th century BCE (possibly from a larger relief.) Modern restoration of the nose, lips, neck and torso. Traces of red pigment remain as a foundation for gilding the beard curls. From the Ludovisi collection. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/node/482)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PAL-BOJU-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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