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Name: Grave stele of Hegeso
Date: 410 B.C.E.
Period/Style: Greek
Artist: Kallimachos
Patron: N/A
Location: Kerameikos(found); National Archeological Museum, Athens(current)
Materials: Pentelic marble and paint
Function: A grave stone honoring the dead
Context: It is a grave Stelae, and the deceased is Hegeso, the daughter of Proxenos
Description: Used to honor the dead, marble, damaged/broken off on the Hegeso's head |
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Name: Great Altar of Zeus and Athena (at Pergamon)
Date: c. 175 B.C.E.
Period/Style: Hellenistic Greek
Artist: King Eumenes III
Patron: N/A
Location: Asia Minor
Materials: Marble
Function: Worship
Context: Shows the battle between the Olympian Gods and the Giants, and depicts the life of Telephus
Description: Very large and deep |
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Name: House of the Vettii
Date: 2nd century B.C.E.; rebuilt 62-79 C.E.
Period/Style: Roman Republic/Pompeii and the cities of Vesuvious
Artist: Unknown
Patron: N/A
Location: Pompeii, Italy
Materials: cut stone and fresco
Function: Atrium/townhouse. Somtimes a stage in which daily life rituals and displays of social hierarchy were performed.
Context: Named after Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. It's a Roman townhouse. The volcanic eruption in Pompeii preserved much of the architecture of the city
Descriptive terms: Domus Architecture, townhouse, stone, wall paintings, fresco
Source:https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/wall-painting/a/pompeii-house-of-the-vettii |
