A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
Marble two sided relief.
The satyr mask on the left is shown with ram s horns and above a basket.
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
Marble votive relief of bearded dionysus 1st c.
The double sided relief has a crack that runs down.
This double sided mithraic relief made of marble dates back to the 2nd or 3rd century ce and was created by the ancient romans.
This is a marble two sided relief originating from rome and carved in the imperial period in the 1st century a d.
Venice marble relief detail art sculpture venice.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
Dionysiac cult objects and theatrical masks are often depicted on similar marble ornaments found in pompeii where they were.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
Marble two sided relief 1st century a d.
In archaeology a biface is a two sided stone tool and is used as a multi purposes.
The double sided mithraic relief is an example of a bas relief which means that rather than creating a three dimensional sculpture.
This is a decorative marble relief from a peristyle garden of a roman house or villa.
B c in national museum greece.
The satyr mask on the right has the horns of a goat.
A marble relief adorning the facade of the fondamenta dei mendicanti in castello venice.
Description a three sided relief cut from a single block.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
The masks of a young maenad and bearded silenus are carved on the one side in high relief.
Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
His mouth is open.
Lower paleolithic biface or hand axe.
The relief was most likely used for decorative purposes and may have been placed in one of the mithraeum s or places of worship.
Seated on the right is demeter with her head veiled in mourning for her daughter persephone.
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.
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In a low relief or bas relief basso relievo the design projects only slightly from the ground and there.
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
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.