Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Head of Aphrodite
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Head of Aphrodite
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. MB 152
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Location Note:
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Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
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GPS:
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+41.896111+12.477222
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Date:
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Greek original; ca. 330-220 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Hellenistic
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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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Insular marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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mythology (Classical); Aphrodite (Greek deity)
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Description:
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Roman copy of a Greek early Hellenistic (ca. 330 BCE to around 220 BCE) original; purchased in Rome. (Source: Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica [website]; http://www.museobarracco.it/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-I-R-MB-HOA-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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