Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Theater Mask of the Character Papposilenus
Alternate Title:
Maschera teatrale di Papposileno
Image View:
Overall view in frame with accession number
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 109687
Location Note:
Piazza Museo, 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
before 79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
pasta vitrea (glass paste) tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Subjects:
decorative arts; Pompeii (Extinct city); actors; comedy; masks
Description:
In Greek mythology, Silenus was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus (Bacchus), notorious for his drunkenness. The Papposilenus is a representation of Silenus that emphasizes his old age, particularly as a stock character in satyr play or comedy. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-RTM-B01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Theater Mask of the Character Papposilenus