Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Bust of Pluto (Hades)
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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 Pluto (Hades)
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Image View:
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Detail, profile view of head
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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. 8584
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
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GPS:
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+41.901172+12.473059
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Date:
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Greek original, 5th century BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Early Classical; Greco-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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white and black marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Hades (Greek deity)
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Description:
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Roman copy (no date given) after a Greek original from the 5th century BCE; the black mantle is a modern (Baroque) addition. The bust has also been described as being of Asclepius. (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-BOP-A023
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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