Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Centaur Figurine

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Centaur Figurine
Image View: 
Overall view from front
Creator: 
unknown (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Location: 
repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. MB 256
Location Note: 
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
GPS: 
+41.896111+12.477222
Date: 
3rd century BCE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Ancient Greek
Style Period: 
Hellenistic
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2: 
figurine
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
multicolored terracotta
Technique: 
modeling (forming)
Subjects: 
mythology (Classical); archaeology; Canosian
Description: 
From Canosa di Puglia, generally known simply as Canosa, a town and comune in Apulia in southern Italy. Canosa, the Roman Canusium, is considered the principal archaeological center of Apulia, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in Italy. Canusium, originally part of Magna Grecia, became an important commercial center for craftsman, especially of ceramics and pottery during Hellenistic times. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A2-I-R-MB-CEN-A01
Rights: 
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