COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1972.935
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AIC_.1972.935
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Roman
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European; Southern European; Roman
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
Roman Republic and Empire
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Roman Republic and Empire
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Roman
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Roman
Creator Name-CRT
false
Creator Name:
Skopas
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Skopas
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
Greek; fl. 4th cen. B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Greek; fl. 4th cen. B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Creator Name-CRT:
Skopas
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Skopas
Creator Name-CRT
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Greek
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Greek
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Statue of Meleager
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Statue of Meleager
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
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View:
front view
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front view
View
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Creation Date:
Roman Period of Greece, c. 50 B.C.
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Roman Period of Greece, c. 50 B.C.
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
-55
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-55
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
-45
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-45
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Marble
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Marble
Materials and Techniques
false
Subject Description:
Meleager was a young hunter who led a band of men and his beloved Atalanta against a great wild boar that was ravaging the countryside of Calydon. Meleager killed the beast, but a quarrel over the spoils ensued and the youthful hero killed his mother's brothers. His mother, Althaea, proceeded to engineer her son's death by burning a branch that had been his means to immortality. This statue is an impressive, early copy of an original attributed to the sculptor Skopas that belongs to the decade before the middle of the fourth century B.C. The original was probably made in hollow-cast bronze.
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Meleager was a young hunter who led a band of men and his beloved Atalanta against a great wild boar that was ravaging the countryside of Calydon. Meleager killed the beast, but a quarrel over the spoils ensued and the youthful hero killed his mother's brothers. His mother, Althaea, proceeded to engineer her son's death by burning a branch that had been his means to immortality. This statue is an impressive, early copy of an original attributed to the sculptor Skopas that belongs to the decade before the middle of the fourth century B.C. The original was probably made in hollow-cast bronze.
Subject Description
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Creation Place:
Early Western World,Roman Republic and Empire
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Early Western World,Roman Republic and Empire
Creation Place
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Dimensions:
H.: 173 cm (68-5/16 in.); Max. w.: 73.7 cm (29 in.); Max. depth: 55.2 cm (21-3/4 in.)
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H.: 173 cm (68-5/16 in.); Max. w.: 73.7 cm (29 in.); Max. depth: 55.2 cm (21-3/4 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1972.935
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1972.935
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Roman copy of a fourth-century B.C. Greek original attributed to Skopas. During the second and first centuries B.C. the Romans conquered the cities and kingdoms that made up the Greek world; however, they promptly turned to Greece for much of their artistic inspiration. Educated Romans spoke Greek, studied with Greek scholars in Athens and Ionia, and copied Greek styles in writing, speaking, architecture, painting, and sculpture. They removed original art from the Greek world to decorate their privateand public buildings, and when demand outstripped supply, they commissioned copies of Greek originals. Sculptures with mythological references were sought because they bespoke educated and cultured Roman patrons who placed sculpture in their gardens, baths, and living rooms according to the meanings they wanted to convey.
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Roman copy of a fourth-century B.C. Greek original attributed to Skopas. During the second and first centuries B.C. the Romans conquered the cities and kingdoms that made up the Greek world; however, they promptly turned to Greece for much of their artistic inspiration. Educated Romans spoke Greek, studied with Greek scholars in Athens and Ionia, and copied Greek styles in writing, speaking, architecture, painting, and sculpture. They removed original art from the Greek world to decorate their privateand public buildings, and when demand outstripped supply, they commissioned copies of Greek originals. Sculptures with mythological references were sought because they bespoke educated and cultured Roman patrons who placed sculpture in their gardens, baths, and living rooms according to the meanings they wanted to convey.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E28780.TIF
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AIC_.E28780.TIF
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