Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Tomb of the youth diver (5- 61 pg 142) and Dying Gauls(5- 82 pg 154)

What: youth diving, cover slab or painted ceiling of the Tomb of the diver. A rare example of Classical mural painting.  Fresco, 3' 4" high
Where: the Tempe del Prete necropolis, Paestum, Italy.
When: ca. 480- 470 BCE
Who: The Achilles Painter
How: The technique white- ground painting, is a chalky white slip used for the back ground  

What: a trumpeter Epigonos Dying Gaul, a Gaul was thought to be a barbarian foreigner with bushy hair, mustaches and neck bands. Marble 3' 1/2" high
Who: A Pergamene sculptor
When: ca. 230-220 BCE
Where: Museo Capitolino, Rome
Which: baroque style

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