Naples national archaeological museum.
Marble relief roman.
A roman marble stele depicting a thracian horseman.
After a neo attic original of the hellenistic era in greek and roman mythology the palladium or palladion was a cult image of great antiquity on which the safety of troy and later rome was said to depend.
Copy of a greek relief of ca.
The original marble relief was found at the sanctuary of demeter at eleusis the site of the eleusinian mysteries a secret cult that was famous throughout antiquity.
Orpheus eurydice and hermes.
This very accomplished marble relief depicts a male figure in three quarter view facing left.
This figure wearing an ivy wreath and carrying a thyrsos fennel stalk bedecked with ivy leaves and berries moves forward.
Ashmolean musuem oxford uk.
Bce by alcamenes disciple of phidias.
Honolulu academy of arts gift of anna rice cooke 1932 3602.
Marble relief depicting two pairs of collared slaves being led on ropes by helmeted men from smyrna izmir turkey 200 ce.
The figure has been represented according to greek artistic conventions as a mature individual with a very full head of hair arranged in a very intricate style.
A marble relief panel from smyrna showing roman slaves in chains.
20 6 cm the thracian horseman was represented as an armed warrior riding a horse.
Marble bas relief roman copy of the late 1st century ad.
Here the ten roman fragments are embedded in a cast of the greek relief.
Attributed to kallimachos maenads were mythical women inspired by the god of wine dionysos to abandon their homes and families and roam the mountains and forests singing and dancing in a state of ecstatic frenzy.
The study of roman sculpture is complicated by its relation to greek sculpture many examples of even the most famous greek sculptures such as the apollo belvedere and barberini faun are known only from roman imperial or hellenistic copies.
That hair has been gathered at the back of the head into a chignon has been coiffed over the forehead in a series of tight ringlets and has.
At one time this imitation was taken by art historians as indicating a narrowness of the roman artistic imagination but in the late 20th century.
Roman copy of the augustan age from a greek original of the second half of 5th cent.
Relief roman sarcophagus relief depicting one of the labours of hercules marble mid 2nd century ce.
Of this representation we have more tan 2 500 examples whose have been found in reliefs and commemorative stelae mainly form hellenistic and roman period.