LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Sicilian

Title: Bust of a Female Figure Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Greek (Sicilian) Place: Sicily, Italy (Place Created) Date: 300–200 B.C. Medium: Terracotta with traces of polychromy Object Number: 70.AD.120 Dimensions: 25.7 × 22.2 cm (10 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.) Credit Line: Gift of J. Paul Getty Alternate Title: Bust of a Woman (Display Title) Department: Antiquities Classification: Sculpture Object Type: Female figure Draped bust of a woman, wearing a diadem and necklace. Hole in the back of the head; notch along the lower rear edge of the bust. Traces of white slip and polychromy preserved on surface. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6559/unknown-maker-bust-of-a-female-figure-greek-sicilian-300-200-bc

Title: Bust of a Female Figure Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Greek (Sicilian) Place: Sicily, Italy (Place Created) Date: 300–200 B.C. Medium: Terracotta with traces of polychromy Object Number: 70.AD.120 Dimensions: 25.7 × 22.2 cm (10 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.) Credit Line: Gift of J. Paul Getty Alternate Title: Bust of a Woman (Display Title) Department: Antiquities Classification: Sculpture Object Type: Female figure Draped bust of a woman, wearing a diadem and necklace. Hole in the back of the head; notch along the lower rear edge of the bust. Traces of white slip and polychromy preserved on surface. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6559/unknown-maker-bust-of-a-female-figure-greek-sicilian-300-200-bc

Title: Terracotta lebes gamikos (jar associated with weddings) with lid Medium; Technique: Terracotta Culture: Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe Period: Hellenistic Date: 3rd century B.C. Dimensions: H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924 Accession Number: 24.97.120 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Title: Terracotta lebes gamikos (jar associated with weddings) with lid Medium; Technique: Terracotta Culture: Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe Period: Hellenistic Date: 3rd century B.C. Dimensions: H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924 Accession Number: 24.97.120 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Title: Bronze fragment of an inscription Medium; Technique: Bronze Culture: Greek, Sicilian Period: Archaic Date: ca. 490–480 B.C. Dimensions: Overall: 6 11/16 x 3 7/8 in. (17 x 9.8 cm) Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924 Accession Number: 24.97.19 Description: This inscription is a rare example of Doric script found in Sicily. It concerns a grant of citizenship. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Title: Fragment of a terracotta relief vase Medium; Technique: Terracotta Culture: Greek, Sicilian Period: Archaic Date: 6th century B.C. Classification: Vases Credit Line: Purchase, Leon Levy Gift, 1982 Accession Number: 1982.11.14 Description: The decoration included chariots and sphinxes. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Terracotta Vase in the Form of a Mouse Greek, Sicilian, silhouette, mid-5th century BC Attributed to the Randazzo Group Accession # 16.174.40 Once localized in Campania, the group of works to which this example belongs has been reattributed to Sicily. They may have been used as feeding bottles. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Centuripe vase, ca. 400–375 B.C.; Hellenistic Italic-Native, Sicilian (Centuripe) Terracotta; H. 15 5/8 in. (37.7 cm) Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1953 (53.11.5) Perhaps the most noteworthy of the finds at Centuripe in Sicily is a series of vases, like this one, with ornamentation in relief and with figural scenes executed in tempera. Of local manufacture, these brightly colored vases were made exclusively for funerary purposes. Around the top of this vessel is a row of small lion heads in relief, painted yellow against a purple background. Below the lion heads is a band of Erotes and triglyphs. The foot of the vase is decorated with a row of acanthus leaves modeled in high relief and painted red, blue, pink, and yellow. As is characteristic of this type of vase from Centuripe, the figural scene is confined to the front of the vessel. It illustrates a wedding scene set against a rich rose-pink background. The bride wears a long purple chiton with a yellow himation drawn up over her head to serve as a veil. She is handed a folded purple cloth by the figure at right. At left are two attendants, one of whom wears an ivy wreath and plays a tympanon. This vase, like others in its class, was decorated in tempera after it was fired in the kiln so that a full range of colors could be achieved. The subtle mixed shades of pink, lavender, and blue, the carefully modeled flesh tones, and the effects of transparency in the drapery give some idea of the appearance of wall and panel paintings in antiquity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sivp/hod_53.11.5.htm

Two terracotta busts Greek, Sicilian, 4th century BC Accession # 1994.600.1, .2 These busts, identified as Persephone, or possibly Demeter, depict a goddess wearing a polos (headdress). As is typical of such Sicilian terracottas, they do not represent the figure's arms or breasts, but the face and the hair with its streaming locks and curls are powerfully rendered. Originally, they were adorned with earrings, as indicated by the holes in the earlobes. They were probably painted and gilded and were presumably set up as votive offerings in sanctuaries. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Two terracotta busts Greek, Sicilian, 4th century BC Accession # 1994.600.1, .2 These busts, identified as Persephone, or possibly Demeter, depict a goddess wearing a polos (headdress). As is typical of such Sicilian terracottas, they do not represent the figure's arms or breasts, but the face and the hair with its streaming locks and curls are powerfully rendered. Originally, they were adorned with earrings, as indicated by the holes in the earlobes. They were probably painted and gilded and were presumably set up as votive offerings in sanctuaries. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Centuripe vase, ca. 400–375 B.C.; Hellenistic Italic-Native, Sicilian (Centuripe) Terracotta; H. 15 5/8 in. (37.7 cm) Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1953 (53.11.5) Perhaps the most noteworthy of the finds at Centuripe in Sicily is a series of vases, like this one, with ornamentation in relief and with figural scenes executed in tempera. Of local manufacture, these brightly colored vases were made exclusively for funerary purposes. Around the top of this vessel is a row of small lion heads in relief, painted yellow against a purple background. Below the lion heads is a band of Erotes and triglyphs. The foot of the vase is decorated with a row of acanthus leaves modeled in high relief and painted red, blue, pink, and yellow. As is characteristic of this type of vase from Centuripe, the figural scene is confined to the front of the vessel. It illustrates a wedding scene set against a rich rose-pink background. The bride wears a long purple chiton with a yellow himation drawn up over her head to serve as a veil. She is handed a folded purple cloth by the figure at right. At left are two attendants, one of whom wears an ivy wreath and plays a tympanon. This vase, like others in its class, was decorated in tempera after it was fired in the kiln so that a full range of colors could be achieved. The subtle mixed shades of pink, lavender, and blue, the carefully modeled flesh tones, and the effects of transparency in the drapery give some idea of the appearance of wall and panel paintings in antiquity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sivp/hod_53.11.5.htm

Female Saint Creator: Antonello Gaggini (Italian, 1478-1536) (Artist) Period: ca. 1535-1540 (Renaissance) Medium: marble (Sculpture) Accession Number: 27.543 Measurements: H: 63 1/4 in. (160.66 cm) Geographies: Sicily (in present-day Italy) (Place of Origin) Antonello Gaggini, the most important sculptor of Sicily during the 16th century, was the head of a large workshop. This piece was probably begun by Antonello and finished after his death by his son Antonino. Working in the style today known as the High Renaissance, his statues, like this piece, are characterized by a gracefulness and simplicity of form. The heavy folds of the draperies reveal that the artist studied ancient sculpture. Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/14941/female-saint/

Appliqué with Satyr Walking to Left Creator: Greek (Artist) Period: 2nd century BC (Greco-Roman) Medium: ivory (Ivory & Bone) Accession Number: 71.557 Measurements: 9 3/16 x 6 1/4 x 5/16 in. (23.3 x 15.8 x 0.9 cm) Geography: Sicily, Italy (Place of Discovery) This relief formed part of a larger composition that likely decorated a piece of furniture. The satyr appears with a deer skin around his neck and carries a club, the typical attribute of Heracles. Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/8979/appliqu233-with-satyr-walk...

Appliqué with Satyr Walking to Left Creator: Greek (Artist) Period: 2nd century BC (Greco-Roman) Medium: ivory (Ivory & Bone) Accession Number: 71.557 Measurements: 9 3/16 x 6 1/4 x 5/16 in. (23.3 x 15.8 x 0.9 cm) Geography: Sicily, Italy (Place of Discovery) This relief formed part of a larger composition that likely decorated a piece of furniture. The satyr appears with a deer skin around his neck and carries a club, the typical attribute of Heracles. Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/8979/appliqu233-with-satyr-walk...

Bust of a Woman Greek, made in Centuripe, Sicily, 300-200 BC Terracotta and pigment Inventory # 70.AD.120 Traces of white, red, and pink pigment remain on the surface of this once richly painted bust. The woman is adorned with bracelets on her upper arms, earrings, and crown. She probably represents a divinity or a youthful, beautiful family member of the dedicator. Text from the Getty Villa museum label.