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Seated ("Louvre") Scribe
Description:The "Seated Scribe" of the Louvre is a frontal depiction of a half-lifesize male figure, with a red-brown painted skin tone, sitting cross-legged and erect on a thin semicircular slab of stone, and holding a roll of papyrus in his lap.…
Reserve Head of Nofer
Description: The Reserve Head of Nofer is lifesize and portrays a male face. It appears to have been crafted in a rather realisitic style. The head is composed of limestone and was not painted, giving it a white, almost unfinished appearance. There…
Rahotep and Nofret
Description:
The under life-size statues of Rahotep and Nofret depict the couple seated in high-backed chairs with footrests. Rahotep is represented with short black hair and a mustache. He wears a short white kilt and an amulet around his neck. His…
The under life-size statues of Rahotep and Nofret depict the couple seated in high-backed chairs with footrests. Rahotep is represented with short black hair and a mustache. He wears a short white kilt and an amulet around his neck. His…
Prima Porta Augustus
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The statue is of Augustus himself with a youthful, idealized body and in the adlocutio pose. He stands contrappasto with most of his weight on his right leg and his left leg trailing behind him. His hair is in the Primaporta hair type,…
The statue is of Augustus himself with a youthful, idealized body and in the adlocutio pose. He stands contrappasto with most of his weight on his right leg and his left leg trailing behind him. His hair is in the Primaporta hair type,…
Priestess Aristonoe
Description:The portrait of Priestess Aristonoe is made entirely of marble. The marble has a yellow and brown tint and appears to have no traces of paint. She is in a contrapposto pose as the right leg is holding the weight of her body while the left…
Peplos Kore
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Her dress is a garment called a peplos that covers her body from her shoulders to her feet. Her garment is belted. She has an underdress called a chiton peeking out from under the sleeves and hem.
The lower half of her body is…
Her dress is a garment called a peplos that covers her body from her shoulders to her feet. Her garment is belted. She has an underdress called a chiton peeking out from under the sleeves and hem.
The lower half of her body is…
Met Caracalla
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This marble sculpture depicts Caracalla’s head from the base of his neck to the top of his head. His head is turned sharply to his left, and his eyes look upwards and to his left. He has a short-cropped haircut and trimmed beard. His…
This marble sculpture depicts Caracalla’s head from the base of his neck to the top of his head. His head is turned sharply to his left, and his eyes look upwards and to his left. He has a short-cropped haircut and trimmed beard. His…
Menkaure Dyad
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This dyad shows King Menkaure standing next to a woman, who wraps her arms around him affectionately or protectively. This standing pair is showing the figures in an active striding pose, while still being static. The pose is conveying…
This dyad shows King Menkaure standing next to a woman, who wraps her arms around him affectionately or protectively. This standing pair is showing the figures in an active striding pose, while still being static. The pose is conveying…
Mask of Agamemnon
Description: This life-size image of a middle-aged man's face is embossed on a gold membrane, with finer features (beard, eyebrows) chased into the gold. The face has a long narrow nose and high cheekbones. The large mouth is closed with thin lips.…
Marcia Furnilla
Description:The head of middle-aged matron appears on a nude, youthful body in the so-called "modest [pudica] Venus" pose. The weight is placed on the left leg (which is braced with a carved support), the right leg relaxed in…