Marble Two Sided Relief
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
Marble two sided relief. The satyr mask on the left is shown with ram s horns and above a basket. In a low relief or bas relief basso relievo the design projects only slightly from the ground and there. This double sided mithraic relief made of marble dates back to the 2nd or 3rd century ce and was created by the ancient romans. B c in national museum greece.
The satyr mask on the right has the horns of a goat. Aphrodite is seated opposite consulting with her son eros at the center who holds the scales made from a separate piece of marble to determine how long persephone will stay in the underworld. Marble votive relief of bearded dionysus 1st c. Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
Dionysiac cult objects and theatrical masks are often depicted on similar marble ornaments found in pompeii where they were. The double sided relief has a crack that runs down. Lower paleolithic biface or hand axe. The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
In archaeology a biface is a two sided stone tool and is used as a multi purposes. Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome. The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief. Two sided stone tool used as a multi purposes knife manufactured through a process of lithic reduction.
His mouth is open. Marble two sided relief 1st century a d. Seated on the right is demeter with her head veiled in mourning for her daughter persephone. Aug 25 2020 explore judy diamond s board fireplace ideas followed by 242 people on pinterest.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief. Relief also called relievo from italian relievare to raise in sculpture any work in which the figures project from a supporting background usually a plane surface reliefs are classified according to the height of the figures projection or detachment from the background. This is a decorative marble relief from a peristyle garden of a roman house or villa. The masks of a young maenad and bearded silenus are carved on the one side in high relief.
A marble relief adorning the facade of the fondamenta dei mendicanti in castello venice. This is a marble two sided relief originating from rome and carved in the imperial period in the 1st century a d. A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them. The relief was most likely used for decorative purposes and may have been placed in one of the mithraeum s or places of worship.
Description a three sided relief cut from a single block. On the reverse in flat relief and in a sunken panel are two satyr masks in profile facing each other. A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them. A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.