Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)
The Art and Art History Collection from Saskia Ltd., Cultural Documentation features a wide range of digital images with an emphasis on the history of Western art. There are 3,645 images in this collection. Image sets include: The Dresden Collection, Brueghel and Rubens, Ancient Greek Art (Architecture and Sculpture), Ancient Art (Minoan and Roman), Roman Art, Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Contemporary Architecture. Images from art history textbooks include: Gardner, Expanded Gardner, Stokstad, Gilbert, Hartt, Cunningham, and Reich.
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Herculaneum Matron Matron of Herculaneum
Unknown
Possibly Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture, who gave mankind the secrets of growing corn. At Eleusis in Attica her cult included "Mysteries" through which initiates achieved promise of immortality.
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Herculaneum Matron Matron of Herculaneum
Unknown
Possibly Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture, who gave mankind the secrets of growing corn. At Eleusis in Attica her cult included "Mysteries" through which initiates achieved promise of immortality.
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Herculaneum Maiden Herculaneum Girl
Unknown
Possibly Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Wife of Hades, the King of the Underworld, who carried her off because of her beauty.
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Herculaneum Maiden Herculaneum Girl
Unknown
Possibly Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Wife of Hades, the King of the Underworld, who carried her off because of her beauty.
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Herculaneum Maiden Herculaneum Girl
Unknown
Possibly Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Wife of Hades, the King of the Underworld, who carried her off because of her beauty.
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'Kroisos' Kouros Anavyssos Kouros
Unknown
KOUROS - Greek for youth. Kouros figures were grave monuments, replacing (or supplementing) the large vessels of the Geometric Period. The Anavyssos Kouros and others of the archaic period are typically very broad in the frontal view, but comparatively slim in the side view, with a distinct swaybacked curve at the waist. The chest is quite massive, but the neck is extremely slender.
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Kroisos Kouros Anavyssos Kouros
Unknown
Reconstructed, and restored, with plaster filling in missing parts on the left arm, left hand, left leg, and right heel; feet broken off beyond the heel. The surface is somewhat chipped and scratched, especially on the face (nose and right eye). Richter (118) notes that the statue was sawn for export in modern times, at the waist, knees, ankles, wrists, and above the left elbow, although the fracture of the right foot is ancient. There are traces of red color on the hair, taenia, iris, and public hair.
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Kroisos Kouros Anavyssos Kouros
Unknown
The Anavyssos kouros and others of the archaic period are typically very broad in the frontal view, but comparatively slim in the side view, with a distinct swaybacked curve at the waist. The chest is quite massive, but the neck is extremely slender.
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Kroisos Kouros Anavyssos Kouros
Unknown
KOUROS - Greek for youth. Kouros figures were grave monuments, The kouros, Kroisos, stands in a frontal posture, with his left foot slightly advanced. He holds his arms, which are separated from his body, at his sides, and clenches his fists. He is unusually fleshy, which suggests to East Greek influence. His hair is arranged in ringlets below a narrow taenia, but is summarily worked on the crown (as if he is wearing a skull cap). The locks of his hair, arranged strands of circular clumps, fall in a curve behind down his back, and are rounded on the sides.
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Votiv Relief representing Chorus of Nymphs & Graces with Telonnesos
Unknown
Full length front center
