Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Niche of a Nympheum
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Niche of a Nympheum
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Alternate Title:
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Nicchia di ninfeo
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Image View:
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Overall view of niche in museum
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10008
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo, 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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before 79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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aedicule
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Work Type 2:
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mosaic (visual work)
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Material:
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pasta vitrea (glass paste) tesserae
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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160 cm (height) x 178 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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decorative arts; Herculaneum (Extinct city); gardens; water feature
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Description:
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From Herculaneum, Casa dello Scheletro (House of the Skeleton), Ins III.3. There is now a reproduction of the niche on site at Herculaneum. This building, probably the aggregation of three smaller buildings, derives its name from the discovery of human remains in a second floor room in 1831, the first found in Herculaneum. The niche was set in a wall over two rectangular water basins with a center walkway. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-NON-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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