Tuesday, March 26, 2013
"Some Greco-Roman Pieces from the Met and..."
8:36pm
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
"Some Greco-Roman Pieces from the Met and..."
8:36pm
| I've been continuing digging in old photo folders, finding all sorts of lovely things! |
 Basalt statue of Aphrodite (Adaptation of a Greek statue of the 3rd century B.C. known as the Medici Aphrodite) Imperial Roman, late 1st–early 2nd century A.D. Basalt Stone Sculpture, H. 42.16 cm. Fletcher Fund, 1928 Met Museum #28.57.6 |
| I look at this statue and am reminded of Maillol, who no doubt saw similar statues: |
 Torso of Summer (Bronze) 1911 Aristide Maillol (French) 1861-1944 Gift of Fran and Ray Stark Getty Museum #2005.113.3 |
| The geometric pattern in this piece amuses me: |
 Mosaic floor panel ("Antioch Mosaic") Imperial Roman, Late Antonine, 2nd century C.E. Stone, tile, and glass Dimensions: H. 89 in. (226.1 cm); width 99 in. (251.5 cm) Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938 Met Museum 38.11.12 Excavated from a villa at Daphne near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey), the metropolis of Roman Syria "American excavations at Daphne in the late 1930s uncovered the remains of several well-appointed houses and villas, including the one that contained this mosaic."
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