One of Two Identical Altars Dedicated to Apollo with Greek Key Motif around the Rim and Medusa Heads on the Bowl, Found in the Villa of Pompey the Great in Albano
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One of Two Identical Altars Dedicated to Apollo with Greek Key Motif around the Rim and Medusa Heads on the Bowl, Found in the Villa of Pompey the Great in Albano
18th century18th century
670 x 420 mm (26.4 x 16.5 in.)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)
- altars - Use for constructions upon which religious sacrifice is offered. Includes both small, tablelike fixtures and larger, free-standing, outdoor structures. For the surface at which communion is celebrated in Protestant churches, use "communion tables." [September 1993 related term added. March 1993 descriptor moved. October 1991 scope note changed.]
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- ornament - Decorative forms that are an integral part of a building or object but are not essential to its structure. Regarding techniques of embellishment in general, use "decoration (process)." [November 1990 descriptor moved.]
- religions
- villas - Related Term
- plate Dimensions: 670 x 420 mm (26.4 x 16.5 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . One of Two Identical Altars Dedicated to Apollo with Greek Key Motif around the Rim and Medusa Heads on the Bowl, Found in the Villa of Pompey the Great in Albano, 18th century. From Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichi Disegn. ed Incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batta. Piranesi. Etching. plate : 670 x 420 mm (26.4 x 16.5 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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