Accession Number:
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162371
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module THREE--6,160 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Close view of the mosaic in the ambulatory of the great hunt, depicting a leopard attacking an antelope or oryx
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Date of View:
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10/20/1997
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Image description:
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Scenes of hunting, both local (hare, boar, deer) and Empire-wide (the rounding up of a wide variety of exotic beasts, such as leopards, tigers, ostriches, an elephant, a hippopotamus and a rhinoceros, for dispatch to the amphitheatres of Italy, carpeting a corridor on the east side of the peristyle some 70 m long).
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module THREE
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Culture:
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Ancient Roman
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Subject:
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Roman Empire
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Work Types:
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Art; mosaics (visual works)
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Work Types:
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complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations (sites)
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Related Work Title:
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Villa Romana del Casale; partOf
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Preferred Title:
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Villa Romana del Casale: Mosaics
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Agent Display:
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unknown (Ancient Roman)
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Date:
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ca. 310-325 (creation)
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Materials:
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mosaic
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Alternate Title:
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Roman villa at Piazza Armerina: Mosaics
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Locations:
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Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Classification:
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Painting and Drawing
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