From the metropolitan museum of art unknown greek marble grave stele with a family group ca.
Marble grave stele with a family group.
Stelae were created for many reasons.
These may be inscribed carved in relief or painted.
The grave stele of a little girl is a beautiful relief of what appears to be a.
Because the framing niche that once surrounded this relief is missing there are no inscriptions that might identify the deceased.
Does she mourn her dead father or is she the sole survivor of the group.
Marble grave stele with a family group ca.
The accuracy of the figures compared to egyptian art is commendable the art works show great depths of emotion and detail.
It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171 1cm tall carved by a master.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 156.
It is from the late classical period of greek attic which was completed around ca 360 b c.
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.
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.
Carved by a master this grave stele is one of the most magnificent examples from the classical period.
I chose to analyze this.
Marble grave stele with a family group ca.
Despite its ambiguity and solemn sadness the relief conveys an intense though restrained sense of family unity.
Marble grave stele with a family group ca.
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Ancient greek grave stele with a family group.
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.
This paper is a formal analysis of the marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture.
Both the seated man and the veiled woman behind him stare straight ahead as if the young woman who.
360 b c pentelic marble 67 3 8 in.
Apr 8 2013 period.
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