Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Bust of Marcus Aurelius [modern copy]
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Bust of Marcus Aurelius [modern copy]
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Image View:
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Overall view; only the red porphyry body is ancient
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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)
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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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body, ca. 350-399 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Republican
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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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red porphyry; bronze; gold gilding
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Technique:
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carving (processes); casting (process); gilding (technique)
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Subjects:
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portrait; rulers and leaders; Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180
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Description:
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Pastiche made from an ancient bust in red porphyry from the first half of the 4th century BCE completed with a modern bronze copy of the head of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on Capitoline Hill (ca. 175) and with a gilded bronze mantle. (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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7A3-R-PAL-BOMA-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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