Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Plaster Cast Collection; Athena (Velletri Pallas)
Image View:
Overall view from front right
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Villa Medici (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
French Academy at Rome, Gipsoteca
GPS:
41.908 12.483
Date:
cast, 19th century (creation); Roman copy, 1st century (other)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
cast (sculpture)
Work Type 2:
replica
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
plaster cast
Technique:
casting (process)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Athena (Greek deity); art education; plaster cast collections
Description:
The Villa Medici contains some of the collections of Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici as well as collections as part of the French Academy in Rome, including a Gipsoteca, a plaster-cast collection for study purposes. Athena of Velletri or Velletri Pallas is a type of classical marble statue of Athena, wearing a helmet. All statues of this type are 1st century Roman copies of a lost Greek bronze, possibly a bronze of ca. 430 BCE by Kresilas. Many ancient copies of the bronze have been found, but the most famous is the 3.05 m (10 ft) high example found in the ruins of a Roman villa in a vineyard near Velletri in 1797. This example is now in the Louvre. Bust length copies were made later. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
6A2-I-R-VM-GYP-APV-A 01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Plaster Cast Collection; Athena (Velletri Pallas)