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Medieval and Ancient Funerary Art

Detailed reliefs from tombs and sarcophagi displaying historical figures and dramatic scenes, embodying artistic styles from the Romanesque to classical periods.

The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.
The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.
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Abruzzo Pescara Penne S. Domenico0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (13-17th century), sculpture. Also views of Piazza Luca da Penne German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Metope from Parthenon, pentelic marble relief depicting battle between Centaurs and Lapiths
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War Memorial, Vaison-la-Romaine, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, South of France, Fallen Monument, War Memorial
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Germany, Berlin, Pergamon Museum
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Bas-relief of a man and chariot. Protohistory of Latin Peoples. Ancient Latium. Reproduction. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Italy.
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Relief depicting the Muse of Wisdom. at the centre are seated representations of the Majesty of Law and the Power of Government. On the right is a figure of Statecraft. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA.
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Roman sarcophagus featuring scenes of the Calydonian Boar Hunt. Made from Proconnesian marble. The lid features an unfinished reclining couple. At the Capitoline museum. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
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Boethius diptych in ivory, 487, depicting the consul Manlio Boetio, Santa Giulia, City Museum, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
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Turkey, Ephesus. Ancient Ephesian ruins, marble carved text with dart and egg carved trim. (Large format sizes available)
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AUTORRETRATO - BRONCE - 1978/79. Author: JULIO LOPEZ HERNANDEZ. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Victoria and Albert Museum in central London in the United Kingdom.
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Reconstruction of the east pediment of the Parthenon according to a drawing by K. Schwerzek. The east pediment narrates the birth of Athena from the head of her father, Zeus.
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The Biel Throne. Marble. The right side are a reliefs showing an olive tree and a table on which there rests a Panathenaic amphora, containing an olive spray and three wreath. The front legs are in the form of owls. 140-143 AD. From the roman Panathenaic Stadium, Athens. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
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Ancient family tomb of Hilarius Fuscus, portrait reliefs
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Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Porta Nuova, detail
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Advertisement for Muller Stoneware Manufactory 1897 Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier Toward the close of the nineteenth century, the humble medium of stonewaregrès in Frenchwon the attention of sculptors because of its earthy honesty and its capacity for reproducing the subtlest contours. The trade in stoneware sculptures grew so promising that the large firm of Emile Muller chose to advertise them along with the tiles and moldings for which it was known. This relief has chunks of masonry plaster on its back and must have been walled-in, possibly in Muller's showroom, as a sort of three-dimensional poster. In turning to Charpentier, the firm obtained the services of the most gifted anatomist among Art Nouveau sculptors. The olive-hued relief shows a remarkable tension between the tousled, sinewy youth and the bands of lettering. The boy holds a bulky tile while proffering a Phidian statuette of Athena, a fine expression of the union of art and industrial design that was beginning to