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Pentelic Marble
Copya after a Hellenistic original of the secondo century BC.
From the Horti Maecenatiani, found in the area near the Auditorium in 1876
Apareció en : Stilus IV- La llamada del oro : es.scribd.com/doc/36252560/Stilus-4-La-llamada-del-oro
Vaciado en yeso de XVII de copia romana de original griego del s. IV a. C.
Atribuido a Lisipo.
Exposición "Velázquez. Esculturas para el alcázar."
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
Rolling rock. This boulder has moved at least once and maybe twice. The upside down masks were done first , then the two anthropomorphs and then potentially the horse after the last movement.
"Encantadoramente desfallecida, corno si la noche no le hubiera reportado suficiente descanso" - Goethe
Budapest, 3rd c. AD.
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They say what they want. Let them talk, I do not care. Love me and it will do you good.
Aquincum Museum.
Oxford. Ashmolean Museum. Làpida procedent d'Esmirna pertanyent a la tomba del retiarius Martialis. 50-100 dC.
Painting and art have been around for the countless lives of man...Here high in the mountains of Costa Blanca, Spain we climbed in the hot mid-day sun to see 8,000 year old cave paintings....Totally mad...what we found was ancient art that could almost have been painted yesterday. The cave painting where almost modern, abstract or contemporary an not at all what I expected.
Ellie explains the meaning of the Benin plaques in the Sainsbury Galleries during Context Travel's British Museum tour
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The Mandapeshwar caves perhaps have the most tumultuous history of all the Mumbai caves, or so it would seem from the scars the walls still bear. A Hindu temple, it was targeted by the Portuguese, who asserted their religious beliefs over it by literally building a monastery and a church dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception on top of the cave temple. Fr. Porto founded the monastery and church in 1544.The Mandapeshwar caves were hewn out of a hillock about 1,600 years ago. At one time, the Dahisar river ran in front of it, but over time the course of the river changed and the caves now face a main road.In the 18th century the church was desecrated after the Battle of Bassein in which the Marathas defeated the Portuguese. They uncovered and worshipped the rock-cut sculptures again, but towards the end of the 18th century the British defeated the Marathas and the caves once again functioned as a place of Christian worship. After the end of colonial rule the church fell into disrepair and the caves gradually reverted to the worship of Siva. The church, including its roof, has been destroyed, but older local residents recall playing among the aisles and the nave of the church when they were children.A three-foot-high symbol of the cross, hewn out of a stone panel that once depicted mythical Hindu figures, stands at the entrance. It is the only remaining proof of Mandapeshwar’s historical past.
Roman Funerary Monument, c. 25-50 AD.
It was dedicated by Q. Fulvius Eunus to his two sons, Faustus and Priscus, who were senatorial scribes.
Dis Manibus / Q(uinto) Fulvio Q(uinti) f(ilio) Qui(rina) Prisco / scr(ibae) aed(ilium) cur(ulium) vixit an(nos) XXVII / Q(uintus) Fulvius Eunus pater / fecit // Dis Manibus / Q(uinto) Fulvio Q(uinti) f(ilio) Quir(ina) / Fausto scribae et / scribae librario aedilium / curulium vix(it) an(nos) XXXII
Baths of Diocletian Museum.
"The basi had the function of a fountain and decorated the garden of a luxurious residence. The frieze represents a procession (thiasos) of sea Centaurs with Nereids who are transporting the weapons of Achilles. The overflow of water spilling over the brim made the sea procession more natural. The theme and the style are inspired by models from the late Hellenic period.
The work can be dated to the first decades of the first century B.C."
Taken in the Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme, a National Museum of Rome.
Clay statue of a standing bearded worshiper in a woolen skirt with hands clasped together in an attitude of devotion. A tufted border on the base. 2500 BC (8" x 2 ½")
50-200 AD, Via Appia.
It was also dedicated to his wife Sestia Prisca, his friend T. Tatius Bassus, and the family's freedmen and descendants.
Ashmolean Museum.
This male torso was once part of a whole Odysseus statue.
Taken in the Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme, one of the National Museums of Rome.
The Mandapeshwar caves perhaps have the most tumultuous history of all the Mumbai caves, or so it would seem from the scars the walls still bear. A Hindu temple, it was targeted by the Portuguese, who asserted their religious beliefs over it by literally building a monastery and a church dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception on top of the cave temple. Fr. Porto founded the monastery and church in 1544.The Mandapeshwar caves were hewn out of a hillock about 1,600 years ago. At one time, the Dahisar river ran in front of it, but over time the course of the river changed and the caves now face a main road.In the 18th century the church was desecrated after the Battle of Bassein in which the Marathas defeated the Portuguese. They uncovered and worshipped the rock-cut sculptures again, but towards the end of the 18th century the British defeated the Marathas and the caves once again functioned as a place of Christian worship. After the end of colonial rule the church fell into disrepair and the caves gradually reverted to the worship of Siva. The church, including its roof, has been destroyed, but older local residents recall playing among the aisles and the nave of the church when they were children.A three-foot-high symbol of the cross, hewn out of a stone panel that once depicted mythical Hindu figures, stands at the entrance. It is the only remaining proof of Mandapeshwar’s historical past.
"The basin had the function of a fountain and decorated the garden of a luxurious residence. The frieze represents a procession (thiasos) of sea Centaurs with Nereids who are transporting the weapons of Achilles. The overflow of water spilling over the brim made the sea procession more natural. The theme and the style are inspired by models from the late Hellenic period.
The work can be dated to the first decades of the first century B.C."
Taken in the Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme, a National Museum of Rome.
I'm interested in this object because of the technology required to prepare and shape glass. It is rather elegant.
The Museum is not sure of its age, but it could have been fabricated anywhere from the late Republic (the Civil Wars) to the reign of Emperor Nerva. As always, anyone with expertise is especially welcome to leave a comment.