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Marble grave stele with a family group.
Marble grave stele with a family group marble head of a woman wearing diadem and veil terracotta volute krater bowl for mixing wine and water painter of the woolly satyrs terracotta pyxis box penthesilea painter.
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The grave stele of a little girl is a beautiful relief of what appears to be a.
Both the seated man and the veiled woman behind him stare straight ahead as if the young woman who.
Despite its ambiguity and solemn sadness the relief conveys an intense though restrained sense of family unity.
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A stele ˈ s t iː l i stee lee or occasionally stela plural stelas or stelæ when derived from latin is a stone or wooden slab generally taller than it is wide erected in the ancient world as a monument the surface of the stele often has text ornamentation or both.
This paper is a formal analysis of the marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture.
Marble grave stele with a family group ca.
Marble grave stele with a family group.
These may be inscribed carved in relief or painted.
It is from the late classical period of greek attic which was completed around ca 360 b c.
Carved by a master this grave stele is one of the most magnificent examples from the classical period.
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Stelae were created for many reasons.
It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171 1cm tall carved by a master.
Marble grave stele with a family group grave stele of a little girl stephanie sjaastad nancy catandella hwa 160l 112 18 november 2013 ancient greek art is something to be admired.
Ancient greek grave stele with a family group.
Marble grave stele with a family group.
The accuracy of the figures compared to egyptian art is commendable the art works show great depths of emotion and detail.
Marble grave stele with a family group ca.
360 b c pentelic marble 67 3 8 in.
From the metropolitan museum of art unknown greek marble grave stele with a family group ca.
Because the framing niche that once surrounded this relief is missing there are no inscriptions that might identify the.
Marble grave stele with a family group ca.