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Name: Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
Date: c. 100 BCE
Period/Style: Greek
Artist/Architect: Unknown
Patron: citizen of Pompeii
Original Location: House of the Faun, Pompeii
Material/Technique: Mosaic
Function: Decoration
Context: Depicts the moment when the battle between Alexander the Great and Darius turned in Alexander's favor; political art
Descriptive Terms: Complicated, political, foreshortening
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Name: Seated Boxer
Period/Style: Hellenistic Greek (towards end of Greek period)
Patron: Unknown
Original Location: buried under the Quirinial – one of the seven hills of Rome
Material/Technique: Bronze – lost wax casting; some copper worked into the bronze to appear to be wounds
Function: Might be a depiction of an actual athlete from the time, or decorative (?)
Context: Most Greek statues depicted ideal human forms (young, beautiful athletes); religious connections
Descriptive Terms: Depicts an old, ugly athlete who appears to have been defeated
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Name: Head of a Roman patrician
Date: c. 75-50 BCE
Period/Style: Republican Roman
Patron: Roman patrician
Original Location: Rome, Italy
Material/Technique: Marble
Function: Bust of important citizen; political art
Context: Idealized portrayal of patrician - shows dignity of age (ideal for politicians of the time)
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