Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statue of Young African Acrobat
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Image View:
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Overall view from right side
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 40009
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; Largo di Villa Peretti, 2
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GPS:
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+41.901359+12.498249
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Date:
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ca. 27 BCE-68 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Early Imperial
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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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pentelic marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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human figure; Blacks in art; acrobatics
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Description:
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Discovered in via Nomentana in Rome, in the area of the demolished Villa Patrizi (1908). A young African performs an acrobatic trick very similar to those performed by tribal members from an area of the Nile, the Tentyitae (described by Pliny in Naturalis Historia), where skilled divers dive into the water from the backs of crocodiles. The work is based on a Hellenistic original and here has been adapted for the Roman period as a fountain decoration. The hole in the acrobat's mouth is a water spout. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/node/482)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PM-AA-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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