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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator: Roman copy of the fifth-century B.C. Greek original by Phidias Creator Name: Pheidias Creator Qualifier: after Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Mediterranean Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: Greek; fl. c.500-432 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Creator Active Place: Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Creator Name-CRT: Phidias Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Roman Creator Role: Artist (copy) Creator Dates/Places: Roman Republic and Empire Creator Name-CRT: Roman Title: Relief of a Fallen Warrior from the Shield of the Athena Parthenos Title Type: preferred View: Full View Creation Start Date: 100 Creation End Date: 200 Creation Date: Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D. Creation Place: Early Western World,Roman Republic and Empire Object Type: Sculpture Materials and Techniques: Marble relief Dimensions: H.: 53.3 cm (21 in.); W.: 78.7 cm (31 in.); D.: 15.2 cm (6 in.) AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1928.257 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Alfred E. Hamill Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Subject Description: The relief panel depicts one figure drawn from the shield of the cult statue of Athena Parthenos from the Parthenon in Athens. The shield, designed by Phidias in the mid-fifth century B.C., illustrated a battle scene including this heroic, collapsing warrior who reaches behind him toward his wound. A series of panels copying figures from the shield were commissioned for Roman buyers, but the shipment sank in Piraeus, Athens' harbor where they were discovered in 1928. Context: Roman copy of the fifth-century B.C. Greek original by Phidias. Object found: Piraeus Harbor, Greece in 1925. During the second and first centuries B.C. the Romans conquered the cities and kingdoms that made up the Greek world; however, they promptlyturned 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 theGreek world to decorate their private and 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. AMICA ID: AIC_.1928.257 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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