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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Tragic Theater Scene from a Tomb Niche
Work_PrefTitle
Tragic Theater Scene from a Tomb Niche
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Detail, the young child Astyanax is led by the hand
Image_Title
Detail, the young child Astyanax is led by the hand
Image View
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Agent_Display
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; largo di Villa Peretti, 1
Work_LocationNotes
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; largo di Villa Peretti, 1
Location Note
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GPS:
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41.901363 12.498270
GPS
41.901363 12.498270
GPS
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Date:
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late 1st century BCE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
late 1st century BCE (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
Work_Culture
Roman (ancient)
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Early Imperial
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Early Imperial
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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relief (sculpture)
Work_Worktype1
relief (sculpture)
Work Type 1
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Work Type 2:
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aedicule
Work_Worktype2
aedicule
Work Type 2
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
Work_Classification
Sculpture and Installations
Classification
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Material:
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polychrome (painted) terracotta
Work_MaterialDisplay
polychrome (painted) terracotta
Material
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Technique:
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modeling (forming)
Work_Technique
modeling (forming)
Technique
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Homer. Iliad
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
death or burial; funerary art; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Homer. Iliad
Subjects
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Description:
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Painted terracotta slab for the base of an aedicule from the tomb of P. Numitorius Hilarus, found on the Via Salaria. Dated end of the 1st century BCE. It depicts a scene from from the lost play "Astyanax", by the Roman writer Lucius Accius (170- ca. 86 BCE). He was inspired by the Trojan cycle, narrating the death of Astyanax, son of the Trojan prince Hector and Andromache. The young child was thrown from the walls of Troy by Neoptolemus as his mother Andromache looked on. The scene unfolds in front of the fixed scenery typical of the large Roman theaters built in stone in the late republican and imperial periods. A splendid architectural facade decorated with columns, pediments and statues has the three traditional doors: the central door (porta regia) and the two side doors (hospitalia). (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.be niculturali.it/en/no de/482)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Painted terracotta slab for the base of an aedicule from the tomb of P. Numitorius Hilarus, found on the Via Salaria. Dated end of the 1st century BCE. It depicts a scene from from the lost play "Astyanax", by the Roman writer Lucius Accius (170- ca. 86 BCE). He was inspired by the Trojan cycle, narrating the death of Astyanax, son of the Trojan prince Hector and Andromache. The young child was thrown from the walls of Troy by Neoptolemus as his mother Andromache looked on. The scene unfolds in front of the fixed scenery typical of the large Roman theaters built in stone in the late republican and imperial periods. A splendid architectural facade decorated with columns, pediments and statues has the three traditional doors: the central door (porta regia) and the two side doors (hospitalia). (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.be niculturali.it/en/no de/482)
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PM-TST-A02
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-PM-TST-A02
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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